2007年8月12日 · "opened the curtains" sounds absolutely fine, and is commonly used. You could say "drew the curtains" to mean the same thing. To me, you can't "raise" a curtain, except one …

2010年1月29日 · If the curtains are halfway across, I want my kid to open or close them, can I say: draw the curtains open/closed? I know we normally say ‘draw the curtains’ but It would be …

2015年3月22日 · Open and close are the usual terms. Draw is also used if the direction is clear. E.g. if the curtains are closed and you say "Will you draw the curtains?" then obviously you …

2012年11月16日 · Draw the curtains / shut the curtains / close the curtains / pull the curtains (closed): cierra / corre las cortinas. Si estás viendo las cortinas y está claro que hay que …

2015年7月8日 · The statement could be "The curtains have been left half-open" or "The curtains are half-open". What more context and background is needed to provide an answer. The …

2008年6月12日 · Hi, can you tell me which ones of the following sentences are correct and idiomatic?? - Pull up/down the blinds. - Pull up/down the shades. - Open/close the blinds. - …

2006年5月8日 · move or pull so as to cover or uncover something; "draw the shades"; "draw the curtains" A further search shows the word draw comes from Old English and, among other …

2008年8月22日 · Chekhov says "put up" in the "The Seagull" meaning open. "This is our theatre...we shall put up the curtain at exactly half past 8 when the moon rises." Other …

2022年5月18日 · Yes, you close and open curtains (usually a pair, so it's plural). We also have the more formal word 'draw' which can be used with curtains, but - very confusingly - this can …

2016年9月7日 · In the dictionary, this phrase means "open or close the curtains" . So whether it refers to "open" or "close" entirely depends on the context? But I also found a sentence "He …