English Dictionary

curtain

/ˈkɜːtn̩/

verb

To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains. / (figuratively) To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.

She likes to curtain the windows in her bedroom.

意味（1）

To cover (a window) with a curtain; to hang curtains.

In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.

意味（2）

(figuratively) To hide, cover or separate as if by a curtain.

And, after conflict such as was supposed / The wandering prince and Dido once enjoy'd, / When with a happy storm they were surprised / And curtain'd with a counsel-keeping cave, / We may, each wreathed in the other's arms, / Our pastimes done, possess a golden slumber;