Definition, Betydelse, Synonymer & Anagram | Engelska ordet CURTAIN

Definition av CURTAIN

1. gardin, draperi
2. ridå
3. förse eller avsluta med, eller som av, en ridå; sätta upp gardiner
4. (slang, endast i plural) slutet, döden

Exempel på hur man kan använda CURTAIN i en mening

• One of the most recognisable landmarks in Hong Kong, the building is notable for its distinct shape and design, consisting of triangular frameworks covered by glass curtain walls.
• These curtain walls either bear on the framework below or are suspended from the framework above, rather than resting on load-bearing walls of conventional construction.
• The castle's curtain walls and the twin towers of the gatehouse remain today, as well as a fragment of the keep.
• The walls can range from simple palisades or earthworks to extensive military fortifications such as curtain walls with towers, bastions and gates for access to the city.
• The enclosure is currently overlain by an Elizabethan mansion, with part of the surviving curtain serving to define its forecourt.
• The islands were dominantly Kalinago compared to the Greater Antilles which was settled by the Taíno, the boundary set between them is known as the "poison arrow curtain" for the Kalinago's favoured weapon for fending off Europeans that came to conquer the islands in the 16th century.
• July 31 – Chet Huntley anchors his final newscast with David Brinkley and retires, bringing down the curtain on a 14-year career at NBC News in the United States and, thus, as chief anchor of The Huntley–Brinkley Report.
• The cameras pulled back to show the entire stage as the cast and crew waved goodbye and performed curtain calls.
• This portion, the Holy of Holies, was separated from the second larger part of the building's interior by a curtain, the "veil of the temple".
• The outer curtain wall, the inner ward buildings, and the castle's other three towers are significantly more ruinous, and in places survive only as foundations.
• During the Cultural Revolution in China, the Chinese authorities put sections of the curtain under a lock-down of sorts, forbidding entry into or passage out of the country without permission from the Chinese government.
• The vulnerable north gate that had been breached in the siege was converted into an underground forward-defence complex (including St John's Tower), and new gates built into the outer curtain wall on the western (Fitzwilliam's Gate) and eastern (Constable's Gate) sides.
• The fully developed bastion consists of two faces and two flanks, with fire from the flanks being able to protect the curtain wall and the adjacent bastions.
• For slower shutter speeds, the first curtain opens (usually) from right to left, and after the required time with the shutter open, the second curtain closes the aperture in the same direction.
• The Curtain Fig Tree, which is just out of Yungaburra, is a giant rainforest fig tree with roots hanging down, giving it the appearance of curtains.

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