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curtain-raiser N

1. curtain-raiser:

curtain-raiser

(正剧演出前的)开场小戏 kāichǎng xiǎoxì

2. curtain-raiser:

curtain-raiser

(事件的)引子 yǐnzi

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The cohesion of the ensemble was very tight, the overall effect exciting and it served as the perfect curtain-raiser. www.stuff.co.nz

There will not be a curtain-raiser at the match, but gates open at 6pm. www.stuff.co.nz

Perhaps, had the ceremony been the curtain-raiser for two weeks of failure, it might have gone down as a grandiloquent folly. www.dailymail.co.uk

The minor final provides the curtain-raiser to the senior final. en.wikipedia.org

But with a curtain-raiser like this, who cares? www.independent.co.uk

But yearly crime statistics out this month are a curtain-raiser to its findings. www.theage.com.au

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