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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Curtain \Cur"tain\ (k?r"t?n; 48), n. [OE. cortin, curtin,fr. OF.
cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in
senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure
surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See {Court}.]
1. 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.
2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is
between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of
{Ravelin} and {Bastion}.
3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between
two pavilions, towers, etc.
4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] --Shak.
{Behind the curtain}, in concealment; in secret.
{Curtain lecture}, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her
husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. --Jerrold.
A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the
world for teaching the virtues of patience and
long-suffering. --W. Irving.
{The curtain falls}, the performance closes.
{The curtain rises}, the performance begins.
{To draw the curtain}, to close it over an object, or to
remove it; hence:
(a) To hide or to disclose an object.
(b) To commence or close a performance.
{To drop the curtain}, to end the tale, or close the
performance.
Curtain \Cur"tain\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curtained} (-t?nd; 48);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Curtaining}.]
To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
So when the sun in bed Curtained with cloudy red.
--Milton.
資料來源 : WordNet®
curtain
n 1: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
[syn: {drape}, {drapery}, {mantle}, {pall}]
2: any barrier to communication or vision; "a curtain of
secrecy"; "a curtain of trees"
curtain
v : provide with drapery; "curtain the bedrooms"