English Dictionary

curtain off

verb

To separate, isolate or block by means of a curtain or other barrier. / (figuratively) To isolate.

She decided to curtain off the living room to create a separate space.

意味（1）

To separate, isolate or block by means of a curtain or other barrier.

The encircling, mile-high mountains of the Coeur d'Alene mining area, rich in lead, zinc and silver, curtain off the sunlight except for a few midday hours.

意味（2）

(figuratively) To isolate.

I am talking about a way of regarding our world as amenable to investigation and interrogation without magic keys, special jargons and instruments, curtained-off practices.