| 单词 | curtaining | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈcurtaining   ˈcurtaining  n. and adj. (spec. colloquial in Painting) the formation of ‘curtains’: see curtain n.1 1e. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > condition or preservation of paintings > 			[noun]		 > cracking or wrinkling alligatoring1904 crocodiling1932 curtaining1940 1820    J. Keats Lamia  ii, in  Lamia & Other Poems 28  				Near to a curtaining Whose airy texture, from a golden string, Floated into the room. 1883    Harper's Mag. Jan. 196/1  				A sudden escape from curtaining oak branches brought us full upon the summit. 1940    in  Chambers's Techn. Dict. 217/1.  				 1953    in  Gloss. Paint. Terms 		(B.S.I.)	  ii.  				 < as lemmas  | 
	
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