| 单词 | fire curtain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire curtain fire curtain n. (a) a curtain, screen, etc., made of fire-resistant material, esp. one used in a theatre; (b) Military a concentration of rapid and continuous artillery or machine-gun fire, etc., on a designated line or area; = curtain n.1 3b.In quot. 1744: (perhaps) a fire screen or guard. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [noun] > type of firing point and blank1590 false fire1602 potting1613 point-blank1614 running fire1629 pounding1633 bulleting1635 platooning1706 sharp-shot1725 street firing1727 ricochet1740 fire curtain1744 plunging fire1747 reverse fire1758 sniping1773 enfilade1796 rapid fire1800 line-firing1802 concentric1804 sharpshooting1806 rake1810 sniping fire1821 cross-firing1837 file-firing1837 curved fire1854 night firing1856 file-fire1857 volley-firing1859 cross-fire1860 joy-firing1864 snap-shooting1872 stringing1873 pot-shooting1874 indirect fire1879 sweeping1907 rapid1913 curtain of fire1916 ripple1939 ripple-firing1940 ripple fire1961 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > quality of being incombustible > [noun] > making fire-proof > obstacle to spread of fire > curtain fire curtain1744 1744 Inventory 18 Jan. in F. W. Steer Farm & Cottage Inventories Mid-Essex 1635–1749 (1969) 270 The coal racks, a pair of iron cheeks, fender, shovel, tongs, poker,..a fire curtain and rod, two window curtains and rods, a pair of bellows. 1883 Standard 25 July The effects of a continuous stream of water on a theatrical fire curtain. 1912 P. McKeon Fire Prevention 153 The proscenium arch has a fire curtain. 1916 G. B. Shaw in N.Y. Tribune 22 Oct. v. 1/1 These curtains..were really showers of bombshells..they were called fire curtains. 2011 M. Tlamim tr. M. Finkel On Flexibility xii. 214 Vast amounts of ammunition must be prepared, the fire curtain strictly controlled, and friendly fire avoided. 2014 P. Menzer in A. Gurr & F. Karim-Cooper Moving Shakespeare Indoors ii. viii. 168 When the fire curtain falls at a West End theatre, it is both a safety measure and a celebration. < as lemmas |
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