curtain-raise

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To introduce; to prefigure, to set the stage for. idiomatic,transitive
    — The fall and humiliation of Algerian President Ahmed ben Bella were carefully timed to curtain-raise what Bella intended as his biggest show, the "Second Bandung Conference."

词形变化

curtain-raises present,singular,third-person curtain-raising participle,present curtain-raised participle,past curtain-raised past

词源

From curtain-raiser.
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