curtain

curtain /'kɜ:tn/ n

၁။ [C] (က) (US drape ) (ပြတင်းပေါက်) ခန်းဆီး။ Please draw the curtains (ie pull them across the window(s)). ❍ lace curtains.
(ခ) ကန့်လန့်ကာ။ လိုက် ကာ။ အကာ။ Pull the curtains around the patient's bed. ❍ a shower curtain.
၂။ [sing] (က) ပြည်ဖုံးကား။ ကန့်လန့်ကာ။ The curtain rose/ went up (ie The play/ act began). ❍ The curtain fell/ came down(ie The play/ act ended). ❍ (fig ) The curtain has fallen on her long and distinguished career (ie Her career has ended). See also SAFETY CURTAIN
(ခ) ပြည်ဖုံးကား ဖွင့်ခြင်း၊ ချခြင်း။ Tonight's curtain is at 7.30 (ie The play begins at 7.30). ❍ After the final curtain (ie After the play had ended) we went backstage.
၃။ [C esp sing ] အပိတ်အဆီး။ အကွယ်အကာ။ a curtain of fog/ mist ❍ A curtain of rain swept over the valley. ❍ the curtain of secrecy that hides the government's intentions.
၄။ curtains [pl] ~ s (for sb/ sth) (infml ) [ဥ] ဇာတ်သိမ်းခြင်း။ နိဂုံးချုပ်ခြင်း။ When I saw he had a gun, I thought it was curtains (for me).
v ခန်းဆီးတပ်သည်။ curtained windows ❍ enough material to curtain all the rooms.
❏ curtain- call n ပြည်ဖုံးကားချအပြီး စင်ရှေ့ထွက်၍ ဩဘာ ခံယူခြင်း။ The performers took several curtain-calls (ie came onto the stage repeatedly).
❏ curtain sth off [PHRV ] ခန်းဆီးကာသည်။ curtain off part of a room.
❏ curtain-raiser n ~ (to sth) (က) ပွဲဦးထွက် အစီအစဉ်။ (ခ) ရှေ့ပြေး။ border incidents that were curtain-raisers to a full-scale war.