Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - curtain
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Curtain
curtain
~ n 1 a piece of hanging cloth that can be pulled across to cover a window, door etc to divide a room etc (draw the curtains (=close the curtains)) 2 a sheet of heavy material that can be made to come down across the front of the stage in a theatre 3 a thick layer of something that stops anything behind it from being seen (a thick curtain of smoke | a curtain of trailing branches) 4 the curtain falls on literary if the curtain falls on an event or period of history, it ends 5 it'll be curtains for sb/sth informal used to say that someone will die, or that something will end (It'll be curtains for you if they find you here!)
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(curtains) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Curtains are large pieces of material which you hang from the top of a window. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use drapes) Her bedroom curtains were drawn. N-COUNT 2. Curtains are pieces of very thin material which you hang in front of windows in order to prevent people from seeing in. (AM; in BRIT, use net curtains) N-COUNT 3. In a theatre, the curtain is the large piece of material that hangs in front of the stage until a performance begins. The curtain rises toward the end of the Prelude. N-SING: the N 4. You can refer to something as a curtain when it is thick and difficult to see through or get past. (LITERARY) He saw something dark disappear behind the curtain of leaves. N-SING: usu N of n see also Iron Curtain 5. If something brings down the curtain on an event or situation, it causes or marks the end of it. Management changes are under way that will finally bring down the curtain on Lord Forte’s extraordinary working life. PHRASE: V inflects, PHR n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English curtine, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin cortina (translation of Greek aulaia, from aule court), from Latin cohort-, cohors enclosure, court — more at court Date: 14th century 1. a hanging screen usually capable of being drawn back or up; especially window drapery 2. a device or agency that conceals or acts as a barrier — compare iron ~ 3. a. the part of a bastioned front that connects two neighboring bastions b. (1) a similar stretch of plain wall (2) a nonbearing exterior wall 4. a. the movable screen separating the stage from the auditorium of a theater b. the ascent or opening (as at the beginning of a play) of a stage ~; also its descent or closing (as at the end of an act) c. the final situation, line, or scene of an act or play d. the time at which a theatrical performance begins e. plural end; especially death it will be ~s for us if we're caught • ~less adjective II. transitive verb (~ed; ~ing) Date: 14th century 1. to furnish with or as if with ~s 2. to veil or shut off with or as if with a ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a piece of cloth etc. hung up as a screen, usu. moveable sideways or upwards, esp. at a window or between the stage and auditorium of a theatre. 2 Theatr. a the rise or fall of the stage curtain at the beginning or end of an act or scene. b = curtain-call. 3 a partition or cover. 4 (in pl.) sl. the end. --v.tr. 1 furnish or cover with a curtain or curtains. 2 (foll. by off) shut off with a curtain or curtains. Phrases and idioms curtain-call Theatr. an audience's summons to actor(s) to take a bow after the fall of the curtain. curtain-fire Mil. a concentration of rapid and continuous fire. curtain lecture a wife's private reproof to her husband, orig. behind bed-curtains. curtain-raiser 1 Theatr. a piece prefaced to the main performance. 2 a preliminary event. curtain-wall 1 Fortification the plain wall of a fortified place, connecting two towers etc. 2 Archit. a piece of plain wall not supporting a roof. Etymology: ME f. OF cortine f. LL cortina transl. Gk aulaia f. aule court ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) завеса 2) (отражающий) экран; отражатель 3) полотно (антенны) 4) кфт. шторка (затвора); занавес (экрана) 5) шторка (вид монтажного перехода) 6) мн. ч. неполная подкладка (в брюках); клин подкладки (в верхней части шагового шва брюк) - air curtain - borated control curtains - broadside curtain - canopy air curtain - cement-bound curtain - cement-grout curtain - chaff curtain - check curtain - coal curtain - cutoff curtain - end-fire curtain - fireproof curtain - flexible reflector curtain - grout cutoff curtain - grout curtain - impingement curtain - line curtain - noise control curtain - parasitic curtain - pile curtain - radiating curtain - reflecting curtain - refrigerated air curtain - seal curtain - sheet-pile curtain - sound curtain - water curtain - window curtain ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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занавес air curtain asbestos fire curtain grout curtain safety curtain spray curtain warm air curtain ...Англо-русский строительный словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английски словарь по телекоммуникациям
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1. занавеска; штора; портьера to draw the curtain —- задернуть или отдернуть занавеску 2. театр. занавес curtain time —- время начала спектакля, концерта и т. п. the curtain rises at eight sharp —- занавес поднимается ровно в восемь curtain up! —- поднять занавес! to ring the curtain up —- дать звонок к поднятию занавеса 3. поднятие занавеса; начало спектакля five minutes before curtain —- пять минут до начала спектакля 4. опускание занавеса; конец спектакля 5. завеса curtain of fire —- воен. огневая завеса to draw the curtain on smth. —- скрывать to lift the curtain over smth. —- приподнять завесу над чем-л. 6. сл. конец if your work doesn't improve it will be curtains for you —- если ты не станешь лучше работать, тебя выставят 7. смерть; конец 8. полит. железный занавес Id: the curtain rises —- представление или рассказ начинается Id: the curtain falls —- представление кончается; жизнь подходит к концу Id: behind the curtain —- за кулисами Id: to take the curtain —- выходить на аплодисменты Id: to call before the curtain —- вызывать на сцену 9. занавешивать to curtain a window —- занавесить окно ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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lecture выговор, получаемый мужем от жены наедине CURTAIN 1. noun 1) занавеска - draw the curtain 2) занавес - drop the curtain the curtain falls/drops/is dropped занавес падает, представление окончено the curtain rises/is raised занавес поднимается, представление начинается; to lift the curtain поднять занавес; fig. приподнять завесу над чем-л. 3) mil. завеса 4) mil. куртина 5) pl.; coll. конец, крышка - curtain lecture - behind the curtain - take the curtain 2. v. занавешивать - curtain off CURTAIN off отделять занавесом I have curtained off this part of the room, where the bed is. ...Англо-русский словарь
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- c.1303, from O.Fr. curtine, from L.L. cortina "curtain," but originally "round vessel, cauldron," from L. cortem (older cohortem) "enclosure, courtyard." The confusion apparently begins in using cortina as a loan-translation for Gk. aulaia ("curtain") in the Vulgate (Exodus xxvi:1, etc.) because the Gk. word is from aule "court." CURTSY - 1528, see courtesy. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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