Iron Curtain

专有名词
中文释义
英 /ˌaɪən ˈkɜː.tən/    美 /ˌaɪ(ə)ɹn ˈkɜɹ.tən/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. The dividing line between Western Europe and the Soviet-controlled regions, especially during the Cold War (1947–1991). historical
    — We liked the plain people of Russia wherever we met them. […] We were behind the "iron curtain" at last!

词形变化

the Iron Curtain canonical

词源

A specialized use of iron curtain (“(figurative) impenetrable barrier”), probably partly a calque of German eiserner Vorhang which was used in speeches in the 1940s that were translated into English. The English term appeared in telegrams from the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (1874–1965) to the United States President Harry S. Truman (1884–1972) in 1945, before being popularized in a speech given by Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, on March 5, 1946.
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