lace-curtain

/leys-kur-tn/US // ˈleɪsˌkɜr tn //

蕾丝窗帘,蕾丝帷幕,蕾丝帘,蕾丝帷幔

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective

1
Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.
- : characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.

After the curtain calls, Christopher comes back to explain a complicated math problem.
They keep their heads low while running behind a large curtain covering the opening between two housing blocks.
For anyone who cared to watch, the event and its denouement provided a graphic demonstration that the Iron Curtain was crumbling.
They lifted her up, and when they saw that she was laced too tightly, they cut the stay lace in two.
The last time a Pope addressed the parliament in Strasbourg was in 1988 when an Iron Curtain still divided the continent.
She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
On his head was the second-hand hat of some parvenu's coachman, gold lace, cockade and all.
I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.
C was a Captain, all covered with lace; D was a drunkard, and had a red face.
She thrust a bare, white arm from the curtain which shielded her open door, and received the cup from his hands.

/leys-kur-tn/US // ˈleɪsˌkɜr tn //

蕾丝窗帘,蕾丝帷幕,蕾丝帘,蕾丝帷幔

adj.形容词 adjective

1
Sometimes Disparaging and Offensive.
- : characteristic of or aspiring to the standards and attributes of the middle class: Her latest novel traces the rise of a lace-curtain Irish family in Boston.

After the curtain calls, Christopher comes back to explain a complicated math problem.
They keep their heads low while running behind a large curtain covering the opening between two housing blocks.
For anyone who cared to watch, the event and its denouement provided a graphic demonstration that the Iron Curtain was crumbling.
They lifted her up, and when they saw that she was laced too tightly, they cut the stay lace in two.
The last time a Pope addressed the parliament in Strasbourg was in 1988 when an Iron Curtain still divided the continent.
She walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted.
On his head was the second-hand hat of some parvenu's coachman, gold lace, cockade and all.
I seized the opportunity to watch what I supposed would be a most interesting interview, from behind a curtain.
C was a Captain, all covered with lace; D was a drunkard, and had a red face.
She thrust a bare, white arm from the curtain which shielded her open door, and received the cup from his hands.