curtain off

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To separate, isolate or block by means of a curtain or other barrier.
    — The encircling, mile-high mountains of the Coeur d'Alene mining area, rich in lead, zinc and silver, curtain off the sunlight except for a few midday hours.
  2. To isolate. figuratively
    — I am talking about a way of regarding our world as amenable to investigation and interrogation without magic keys, special jargons and instruments, curtained-off practices.

词形变化

curtains off present,singular,third-person curtaining off participle,present curtained off participle,past curtained off past
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