Curtain-raiser
n. 开场短剧, （事件的）引子
📖 牛津释义
curtain-raiser
n ~ (to sth)
(a) short piece performed before the main play 序幕（正剧演出前的短剧）.
(b) thing that precedes a similar but larger or more important event 序幕, 前奏（重大事件的开端）
border incidents that were curtain-raisers to a full-scale war 引发一场全面战争的边境事件.
🧩 词语组成解析
curtain
['kɝtn]
n. 窗帘，门帘;帐幕之物，幕布;启幕，落幕;
vt. 给（窗户或房间）装上帘子;掩蔽;
raiser
['rezɚ]
n. 举起者;提出者;筹集者;饲养者;
🗣️ 情景例句
I met with Bill York today.
今天我跟Bill York会面了。
He learns English every day.
他每天都学英语。
He was absent on Monday,Tuesday,Wednesday and Tuesday.How are you all keeping?
星期二、星期三和星期四没去上学。你们身体都好吗？