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- a piece of material suspended at the top to form a screen, typically movable sideways along a rail, found as one of a pair at a window窗帘：
she drew the curtains and lit the fire
她拉上窗帘, 点上火
figurative〈喻〉through the curtain of falling snow, she could just make out gravestones.
透过纷飞的雪幕, 她只能分辨出墓碑。
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the curtain
a screen of heavy cloth or other material that can be raised or lowered at the front of a stage（舞台的）帷幕, 幕。
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- a raising or lowering of such a screen at the beginning or end of an act or scene启幕; 落幕：
the art is to hold your audience right from the opening curtain.
要领就是一拉开帷幕就抓住观众。
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curtains
informal a disastrous outcome〈非正式〉灾难性结局：it looked like curtains for me.
对我来说像是灾难临头了。
with obj.［often as adj. curtained］
1- provide with a curtain or curtains为…安帘子：
a curtained window.
安有窗帘的窗子。
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- conceal or screen with a curtain（用帘子）遮蔽, 掩住：
a curtained-off side room
帘子遮掩的侧室
figurative〈喻〉her unbound hair curtaining her face.
她散开的头发掩着面庞。
短语
bring down the curtain on
- bring to an end结束：
her decision brought down the curtain on a glittering 30-year career.
她的决定结束了30年的灿烂生涯。
词源
Middle English: from Old French cortine, from late Latin cortina, translation of Greek aulaia, from aulē 'court'.