| 单词 | to call before the curtain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto call (an actor) before the curtain a. In a theatre, etc.: The screen separating the stage from the auditorium, which is drawn up at the beginning and dropped at the end of the play or of a separate act. to call (an actor) before the curtain: to summon him to appear after the curtain falls to mark one's appreciation of his performance. Also in various phrases used figuratively, to drop or raise the curtain, to end or begin an action; the curtain falls, drops, or rises, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > curtain curtain1598 drop1781 iron curtain1794 green curtain1805 greeny1821 tableau curtain1830 drop-curtain1832 rag1848 hipping1858 cloth1881 safety curtain1881 asbestos curtain1890 olio1923 tab1929 sail curtain1941 iron1951 swag1959 1598 [see Compounds 1a]. 1623 W. Drummond Cypresse Groue in Flowres of Sion 73 Euerie one commeth there to act his part of this Tragicomedie called Life, which done, the Courtaine is drawne, and hee remouing is said to dye. 1677 [see sense 2b]. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 193. ⁋3 I have..been bred up behind the Curtain, and been a Prompter from the Time of the Restoration. 1752 E. Young Brothers v. i No; death lets fall The curtain, and divides our loves for ever. 1768 O. Goldsmith Good Natur'd Man iv. 56 Cro. Perhaps, this very moment the tragedy is beginning. Mrs. Cro. Then let us reserve our distress till the rising of the curtain. 1811 Ld. Byron Hints from Horace 216 The hands of all Applaud in thunder at the curtain's fall. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Sept. 5/1 Macready..as Richard III, was the first actor to be summoned before the curtain at Covent Garden. < as lemmas |
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