Curtain
['kɜːt(ə)n] or ['kɝtn]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window).
(noun.) any barrier to communication or vision; 'a curtain of secrecy'; 'a curtain of trees'.
(verb.) provide with drapery; 'curtain the bedrooms'.
校對:拉弗尔斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.
(n.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.
(n.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.
(n.) A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt.
(v. t.) To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
伊莱恩整理
解釋/意思:
n. drapery hung round and enclosing a bed &c.: the part of a rampart between two bastions.—v.t. to enclose or furnish with curtains.—n. Cur′tain-lec′ture a lecture or reproof given in bed by a wife to her husband.—Behind the curtain away from public view; Draw the curtain to draw it aside so as to show what is behind or in front of anything so as to hide it.
編輯:马克斯
娱乐性解釋/意思:
To dream of curtains, foretells that unwelcome visitors will cause you worry and unhappiness. Soiled or torn curtains seen in a dream means disgraceful quarrels and reproaches.
埃迪校對
例句/造句/用法:
- I advanced; then paused by the crib side: my hand was on the curtain, but I preferred speaking before I withdrew it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- In my haste I thrust the key into my pocket, and dropped my stick while I was chasing Teddy, who had run up the curtain. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- I opened the curtain with a smile, and looked in at her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The box into which the harlequin takes refuge, and which appears to be empty when Pierrot or Cassandra lifts the curtain that shields its entrance, is also a sort of magic cabinet. 威廉K.大衛. 智者、化學家和偉大醫生的秘密.
- Vice,' said the surgeon, replacing the curtain, 'takes up her abode in many temples; and who can say that a fair outside shell not enshrine her? 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- The curtain drew up--shrivelled to the ceiling: the bright lights, the long room, the gay throng, burst upon us. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It shall be a parlour-curtain lecture. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Undraw the curtains, my dear girl,' said Eugene, after a while, 'and let us see our wedding-day. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He dropped the curtains over the broad window and regal moon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- A gay laugh from the court rang through the silken curtains of the verandah. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- He shrunk behind the curtains, and called out very loudly-- 'Ha-hum! 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- The sound of a drawer cautiously slid out struck my ear; stepping a little to one side, my vision took a free range, unimpeded by falling curtains. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- A breeze had sprung up, swaying inward the muslin curtains, and bringing a fresh scent of mignonette and petunias from the flower-box on the balcony. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- She advanced to the curtains. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- They reached a curtained door, behind which sounded lovely music. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- We now slowly ascended a drive, and came upon the long front of a house: candlelight gleamed from one curtained bow-window; all the rest were dark. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- She had nestled down with him, that his head might lie upon her arm; and her hair drooping over him curtained him from the light. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- A gilded mirror filled up the space between two windows, curtained amply with blue damask. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It was a little window of but four pieces of glass, and was not curtained; he chose it because the larger window near it was. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
編輯:瑞伊