English Dictionary

backcloth

noun

The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.

The backcloth on the stage was beautifully painted.

意味（1）

The painted scenery at the back of a stage; the backdrop.

Every day the coast looked the same, as though we had not moved; but we passed various places - trading places - with names like Gran’ Bassam, Little Popo, names that seemed to belong to some sordid farce acted in front of a sinister backcloth.