Значение

значений: 9
  1. A piece of cloth covering a window, bed, etc. to offer privacy and keep out light.

    He drew the curtains at 11:00pm before falling asleep.

    Vorhang, Gardine

    што́раštóra, занаве́скаzanavéska, гарди́наgardína

    заві́саzavísa, занаві́скаzanavíska, курти́наkurtýna

  2. A similar piece of cloth that separates the audience and the stage in a theater.

    Vorhang

    за́навесzánaves, кули́саkulísa

  3. (шире)The beginning of a show; the moment the curtain rises.

    He took so long to shave his head that we arrived 45 minutes after curtain and were denied late entry.

  4. The flat area of wall which connects two bastions or towers; the main area of a fortified wall.

  5. (эвфемизм, во множественном числе, иногда)Death, final curtain.

  6. That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.

  7. The uninterrupted stream of fluid that falls onto a moving substrate in the process of curtain coating.

  8. A haircut combining a long fringe on either side of a center part or sometimes off-center, with the sides and the back kept short.

  9. (пренебрежительное, устаревшее)A flag; an ensign.

Ещё определения
  • hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
  • any barrier to communication or vision

Примеры

предложений: 417
  1. The curtain has not yet risen.

    Занавес ещё не поднялся. — Selena777

  2. The curtains blew in the wind.

    Занавески развевались на ветру. — Selena777

  3. The curtains make this room beautiful.

    Занавески делают эту комнату красивой. — Lenin_1917

  4. He came from behind the curtain.

    Он вышел из-за занавеса. — Hellerick

  5. Tom hid himself behind the curtain.

    Том спрятался за занавеской. — Yanka

    ukТом заховався за шторою. — deniko

    deTom versteckte sich hinter dem Vorhang. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Переводы

языков: 9
Українська
По значениям 1
piece of cloth covering a window:
Русский
По значениям 2
piece of cloth covering a window:
piece of cloth in a theater:
Deutsch
По значениям 1
piece of cloth covering a window:

Происхождение

Inherited from Middle English curtine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“

Inherited from Middle English curtine, from Old French cortine, from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”), a calque from Ancient Greek.

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Формы

мн. число: curtains
Ед. числоcurtain
Мн. числоcurtains

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Синонимы

синонимов: 5
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Однокоренные

связанных слов: 51

Сочетаемость

шаблонов: 6
  • behind the curtain
  • open the curtains
  • close the curtains
  • curtains were closed
  • the curtains and
  • the curtains are

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