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| 1 | C a long piece of cloth , usually one of a pair , that hangs down and covers a window 窗帘 |
| draw/pull/close the curtains (=move them together) Draw the curtains and put the light on. 拉上窗帘 |
| draw/pull/open the curtains (=move them apart) Draw those heavy curtains and let some sunlight in. 拉开窗帘 |
| | 1a | a long piece of material that hangs down and separates one part of a room from another 布帘；幔；帷幔 | | a shower curtain 浴帘 | | The nurse pulled the curtains around the bed. 护士把床帘拉上了。 | |
| | 1b | a very large piece of cloth that is pulled up or to the side on a theatre stage when a performance starts （舞台上的）幕，帷幕 | | The audience cheered wildly as the curtain rose. 帷幕升起时观众热烈地欢呼起来。 | |
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| 2 | singular/U a large amount of a substance such as smoke or rain that is too thick to see through 帘状物，幕状物（如浓烟或大雨等） |
| +of She drove off, the grey curtain of mist suddenly swallowing her up. 她驱车而去，灰色的浓雾顿时把她吞没了。 |
| A curtain of thick dark hair hid her face. 浓密的黑发披散下来，遮住了她的脸。 |
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| - | be curtains for informal
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| used for saying that someone or something will die , end , or be in serious trouble |
| 将死；将完蛋 |
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| One more mistake and it’ ll be curtains for him. 再犯一次错误，他就完了。 |
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| - | bring down the curtain on sth/bring the curtain down on sth mainly journalism
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| to end something |
| 终止某事；结束某事；某事落下帷幕 |
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| They bring down the curtain on their African tour in Cape Town today. 他们的非洲之行今天在开普敦落下了帷幕。 |
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| - | the curtain falls on sth literary
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| if the curtain falls on something , it ends |
| 某事结束；某事终止 |
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| - | the final curtain
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| 1 | the end of a performance in a theatre （剧院演出的）结束，落幕 |
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| 2 | mainly literary the end of something , especially life （尤指生命的）终结 |
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