curtain
UK ['kɜ:.tən] US ['kɝ:.tˌən] noun countable
ADVANCED
■a piece of material, especially cloth, which hangs across a window or opening to make a room or part of a room dark or private （尤指布质的）帘，窗帘，门帘•Heavy curtains blocked out the sunlight.厚厚的窗帘挡住了阳光。 •draw (= open or close) the curtains拉窗帘 ■a thick layer of something which makes it difficult to see anything behind it 帘状物，幕状物•They could see nothing through the curtain of rain/smoke.透过密密的雨帘／浓浓的烟雾，他们甚么也看不到。 ■the large screen of heavy material in a theatre which separates the stage from the area where people are watching （舞台上的）帷幕，幕布
UK ['kɜ:.tən] US ['kɝ:.tˌən] noun countable
be curtains for sb informal
■used to say someone will die or have to stop doing something （某人）会送命；（某人）会完蛋•It'll be curtains for him, if he doesn't do what I tell him!要是他不按我说的办，他就完了！
UK ['kɜ:.tən] US ['kɝ:.tˌən] noun countable
the curtain falls on sth literary
■When the curtain falls on a period of time, it ends （某个时期）结束•Although the curtain has now fallen on the Republican era, many of its values still remain.虽然共和党的时代已经结束，但是它的很多价值观依然延续。 |