curtain
US: /ˈkɝtən/
UK: /kˈɜːtən/
UK: /kˈɜːtən/
English Vietnamese dictionary
curtain /'kə:tn/
- danh từ
- màn cửa
- to draw the curtain: kéo màn cửa
- màn (ở rạp hát)
- the curtain rises (is raised): màn kéo lên
- the curtain fals (drops, is droped): màn hạ xuống
- bức màn (khói, sương)
- a curtain of smoke: bức màn khói
- (quân sự) bức thành nối hai pháo đài
- (kỹ thuật) cái che (như miếng sắt che lỗ khoá...)
- behind the curtain
- ở hậu trường, không công khai
- to draw a curtain over something
- không đả động tới việc gì
- to lift the curtain on
- bắt đầu, mở màn
- công bố, đưa ra ánh sáng
- to take the curtain
- ra sân khấu sau những tràng vỗ tay hoan nghênh (diễn viên)
- màn cửa
- ngoại động từ
- che màn
- curtained windows: cửa sổ che màn
- to curtain off
- ngăn cách bằng màn
- che màn
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 [C] a piece of fabric that is hung to cover a window: to draw / pull / close the curtains (= to pull them across the window so they cover it) + to draw / draw back / pull back the curtains (= to open them, so that the window is no longer covered) + It was ten in the morning but the curtains were still drawn (= closed). + a pair of curtains
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2 (AmE) = NET CURTAIN
3 [C] a piece of fabric that is hung up as a screen in a room or around a bed, for example: a shower curtain
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4 [sing.] a piece of thick, heavy fabric that hangs in front of the stage in the theatre: The audience was waiting for the curtain to rise (= for the play to begin). + There was tremendous applause when the curtain came down (= the play ended). + We left just before the final curtain. + (figurative) The curtain has fallen on her long and distinguished career (= her career has ended). + (figurative) It's time to face the final curtain (= the end; death).
5 [C, usually sing.] a thing that covers, hides or protects sth: a curtain of rain / smoke + She pushed back the curtain of brown hair from her eyes.
Idioms: be curtains (for sb) (informal) to be a situation without hope or that you cannot escape from: When I saw he had a gun, I thought it was curtains for me.
bring down the curtain on sth
bring the curtain down on sth to finish or mark the end of sth: His sudden decision to retire brought down the curtain on a distinguished career.
+ verb [VN] to provide curtains for a window or a room
Phrasal Verbs: curtain sth<->off to separate an area of a room with a curtain or curtains: The bed was in a corner, curtained off from the rest of the room.
Collocation dictionary
1 fabric that covers a window
VERB + CURTAIN
close, draw, open, pull (across/aside/back/closed)
They sat in the dark with the curtains drawn. She pulled back the curtains, and sunlight streamed in.
CURTAIN + VERB
hang
Heavy red velvet curtains hung either side of the huge window.
| billow
The curtains billowed madly as the wind caught them.
PREP.
behind a/the ~
He took a bag from a shelf behind some curtains.
2 in a theatre
ADJ.
final
CURTAIN + VERB
go up, open, part, rise | close, come down, fall
At the end of the play the curtain came down to tremendous applause.
Concise English dictionary
curtains|curtained|curtaining'kɜːtn
noun
+hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
+any barrier to communication or vision
verb
+provide with drapery
