curtain
noun [ C ] uk/ˈkɜː.tən/ us/ˈkɝː.tən/
A2 （尤指布质的）帘，窗帘，门帘
a piece of material, especially cloth, that hangs across a window or opening to make a room or part of a room dark or private
Heavy curtains blocked out the sunlight. 厚厚的窗帘挡住了阳光。
to draw (= open or close) the curtains 拉窗帘
帘状物，幕状物
a thick layer of something that makes it difficult to see anything behind it
They could see nothing through the curtain of rain/smoke. 透过密密的雨帘／浓浓的烟雾，他们什么也看不到。
（舞台上的）帷幕，幕布
the large screen of heavy material in a theatre that separates the stage from the area where people are watching
- More examples
- The audience was still laughing as the curtain fell.
- He pulled the curtain aside.
- I'm trying to match up this wallpaper with some suitable curtain material.
- A coat of paint and new curtains would really cheer the kitchen up.
- I peered through a chink in the curtains and saw them all inside.
Idioms
be curtains for someoneidiom informal …会送命；…会完蛋
used to say someone will die or have to stop doing something
It'll be curtains for him if he doesn't do what I tell him! 要是他不按我说的办，他就完了！
the curtain falls on somethingidiom literary （某个时期）结束
When the curtain falls on a period of time, it ends.
Although the curtain has now fallen on the 20th century, many of its values still remain. 虽然二十世纪已经结束，但是它的很多价值观依然延续。