a length of decorative drapery attached to the canopy or frame of a bed in order to screen the structure or the space beneath it 床幔子 ■a sheet with a deep pleated or gathered border that is designed to hang down over the mattress and sides of a bed (荡在床或垫四周有褶皱)短帷幔,挂布 ■a length of decorative drapery hung above a window to screen the curtain fittings 窗帘上端短幔 ■a protective panel screening the wheels of a vehicle 轮箍罩,板
派生 valanced adjective 语源
late Middle English: perhaps Anglo-Norman French, from a shortened form of Old French avaler 'descend' (see vail)