becurtain

词形变化

becurtained becurtaining becurtains 三单 becurtains becurtaining 现在分词 becurtained 过去式 becurtained 过去分词

别名

be-curtain

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To curtain; bedeck or cover with a curtain; (by extension, figurative) to shroud.

    The intellect, [the spirit's] guardian, is tremendously jealous to preserve the girl's honor and so strives to conceal her behind a multitude of veils. Amongst these veils are the body itself which becurtains our soul, and our conversation and words that cloak conceptions and ideas.

词源

From be- + curtain.

来源:wiktionary