curtain是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 窗帘， 门帘； 幕(布) ； 结束vt遮掩，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was the Australian Alps, a vast fortification, the fantastic curtain of which extended 1,500 miles, and pierced the clouds at the height of 4,000 feet.
-- Nothing was audible but the moan of the Snowy River, as it flowed between the motionless reeds and the dark curtain of gum trees.
-- The horizon was veiled with a curtain of fog.
-- The curtain slowly rose over the vast watery stage.
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- It was now divided into two equal parts by a heavy green silk curtain stretched across it, separating the alcove beyond, where stood Rogo-jin's bed, from the rest of the room.
-- The heavy curtain was drawn now, and it was very dark.
-- I'll take the cushions off all the sofas, and lay them down on the floor, up against the curtain here for you and me so that we shall be together.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- As when the south wind spreads a curtain of mist upon the mountain tops, bad for shepherds but better than night for thieves, and a man can see no further than he can throw a stone, even so rose the dust from under their feet as they made all speed over the plain.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The direction taken by Hawkeye soon brought the trav-elers to the level of the plain, nearly opposite to a sally-port in the western curtain of the fort, which lay itself at the dis-tance of about half a mile from the point where he halted to allow Duncan to come up with his charge.
-- While Hawkeye and the Indians lighted their fire and took their evening's repast, a frugal meal of dried bear's meat, the young man paid a visit to that curtain of the di-lapidated fort which looked out on the sheet of the Horican.
-- Come,' he continued, turn- ing toward a curtain of the works; 'let us get into the ditch on this side, and be regardful to step on the stones and frag- ments of wood as you go.'
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- We did not think it hypocritical to draw over our vagaries the curtain of a decent silence.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Evidently the sea, passing over the islet, had been carried right up to the foot of the enormous curtain of granite.
-- Neither could the curtain of verdure, which covered three-quarters of the island, be raised to see if it did not shelter some straggling village.
-- Towards the east, through a curtain of verdure, picturesquely raised in some places, sparkled an horizon of sea.
-- Two miles were cleared in this direction, and then, after they had passed the last curtain of trees, appeared the plateau, carpeted with thick turf, and beyond that the infinite sea.
-- Neither the islet nor Prospect Heights was visible, and could not be from thence, for the rising ground and the curtain of trees closed the northern horizon.
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The town was glad with morning light; places that had shown ugly and distrustful all night long, now wore a smile; and sparkling sunbeams dancing on chamber windows, and twinkling through blind and curtain before sleepers' eyes, shed light even into dreams, and chased away the shadows of the night.
-- If you stood in front of the curtain and see the public's faces as I do, you'd know human natur' better.'
-- The landlord had placed a light upon the table, and was engaged in drawing the curtain of the window.
-- In the parlour window of this little habitation, which is so close upon the footway that the passenger who takes the wall brushes the dim glass with his coat sleeve much to its improvement, for it is very dirty in this parlour window in the days of its occupation by Sampson Brass, there hung, all awry and slack, and discoloured by the sun, a curtain of faded green, so threadbare from long service as by no means to intercept the view of the little dark room, but rather to afford a favourable medium through which to observe it accurately.
-- Her usual dress was a green gown, in colour not unlike the curtain of the office window, made tight to the figure, and terminating at the throat, where it was fastened behind by a peculiarly large and massive button.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The broad-chested, muscular Phillip bowed slightly, as if excusing himself, and submissively and silently stepped over to the next window, and, carefully looking at the Princess, so arranged the curtain that no stray ray should fall on her.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- At last I tore my eyes from it for a moment, and saw that the hail curtain had worn threadbare, and that the sky was lightening with the promise of the sun.
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