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 am in the 7th grade.
我是七年级。
Sob! I didn't mean to kill it. I'm sorry birdie.
呜呜，我无意要杀死你。对不起，小鸟。
Don't tell me that all this is because of a photograph taken when I was twelve.
别跟我说，所有这一切都是因为我12岁时拍的一张照片。