| 释义 |
‖ lever de rideau|ləve də rido|
[Fr.]
= curtain-raiser. Also fig.
1860Players I. 107 As a lever de rideau it was favourably received. 1891G. B. Shaw How to become Mus. Critic (1960) 193 Signor Lago has produced a few miserably-mounted fragments of worn-out Italian operas by way of levers de rideau for Cavalleria. 1906W. de Morgan Joseph Vance v. 38 The Man went up into ‘the Nursery’ to look at the bricks in the chimney... This was a mere lever-de-rideau—the principal stage business of the day being an examination of the Drains. 1970Brewer's Dict. Phr. & Fable (ed. 12) 638/2 Lever de rideau, a short sketch, etc., performed on the stage before the main play begins. |