Curtain

(noun.) hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window).

(noun.) any barrier to communication or vision; 'a curtain of secrecy'; 'a curtain of trees'.

(verb.) provide with drapery; 'curtain the bedrooms'.

校对:拉弗尔斯

• I advanced; then paused by the crib side: my hand was on the curtain, but I preferred speaking before I withdrew it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• In my haste I thrust the key into my pocket, and dropped my stick while I was chasing Teddy, who had run up the curtain. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯回忆录.
• I opened the curtain with a smile, and looked in at her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• The box into which the harlequin takes refuge, and which appears to be empty when Pierrot or Cassandra lifts the curtain that shields its entrance, is also a sort of magic cabinet. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
• Vice,' said the surgeon, replacing the curtain, 'takes up her abode in many temples; and who can say that a fair outside shell not enshrine her? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• The curtain drew up--shrivelled to the ceiling: the bright lights, the long room, the gay throng, burst upon us. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It shall be a parlour-curtain lecture. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Undraw the curtains, my dear girl,' said Eugene, after a while, 'and let us see our wedding-day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He dropped the curtains over the broad window and regal moon. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• A gay laugh from the court rang through the silken curtains of the verandah. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He shrunk behind the curtains, and called out very loudly-- 'Ha-hum! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• The sound of a drawer cautiously slid out struck my ear; stepping a little to one side, my vision took a free range, unimpeded by falling curtains. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• A breeze had sprung up, swaying inward the muslin curtains, and bringing a fresh scent of mignonette and petunias from the flower-box on the balcony. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• She advanced to the curtains. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• They reached a curtained door, behind which sounded lovely music. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• We now slowly ascended a drive, and came upon the long front of a house: candlelight gleamed from one curtained bow-window; all the rest were dark. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• She had nestled down with him, that his head might lie upon her arm; and her hair drooping over him curtained him from the light. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• A gilded mirror filled up the space between two windows, curtained amply with blue damask. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It was a little window of but four pieces of glass, and was not curtained; he chose it because the larger window near it was. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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