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Take a bow, the night is over; This masquerade is getting older; Lights are low, the curtains down; There's no one here.

——Rihanna

一鞠躬，夜已盡。妝已老。燈已暗，幕已落。群眾都已散盡。

——蕾哈娜

一、下面我們來看curtain的意思是什么

n.

1.窗簾[C]

His silhouette appeared on the curtain.

他的側(cè)面影像出現(xiàn)在窗簾上。

2.簾，幔，（遮隔房間的）帷幔，床帷[C]

I bought a shower curtain yesterday.

我昨天買了塊淋浴簾。

3.（舞臺(tái)的）幕，幕布，帷幕

Someone was pacing back and forth behind the curtain.

有人在幕布后踱來踱去。

4.（比喻）掩蔽物；覆蓋物；防護(hù)物[C]

A thick curtain of fog hid the mountains from view.

一層濃霧遮蔽群山。

5.[curtains] 絕望的處境，無法擺脫的困境，完蛋

The couple decided to bring down the curtains on their marriage after 5 years.

那對(duì)夫婦決定結(jié)束五年的婚姻關(guān)系。

v.

1.給（窗戶、凹室等）裝上簾子[T]

He is careful to curtain the window.

他細(xì)心的給窗戶裝上窗簾。

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二、curtain的常見短語，你會(huì)用嗎？

curtain call? n.謝幕,要求演員謝幕的掌聲和呼聲

curtain off? v.遮掉,隔開

drop curtain? n.垂幕

safety curtain? n.安全卷席，安全屏障，防火幕

bamboo curtain? n.竹幕(西方資產(chǎn)階級(jí)輿論界過去對(duì)我國的誣蔑性用語)

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三、學(xué)會(huì)curtain的用法了嗎？來做個(gè)小測試吧

I?have?enough?material?to?????? ?all?the?windows.?

我有足夠的料子把所有的窗戶都掛上窗簾。

She?peered at?the?neighbors?from?behind?the???????? .?

她從簾子后面凝視著鄰居們。