| 单词 | curfew-order |
| 释义 | > as lemmascurfew-order C1. attributive and in other combinations, as curfew-knoll, curfew-law, curfew-note, curfew-order, curfew-time. ΚΠ c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 459 The dede sleep..Fil on this Carpenter..Aboute corfew tyme [v.r. corfeu, curfewe]. 1778 W. Pearce Haunts of Shakespeare 12 At curfew-time lull'd by the lone village bell. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion viii. 367 The Curfew-knoll That spake the Norman Conqueror's stern behest. View more context for this quotation 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian ii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 38 That sleep should have visited his eyes, after such a curfew-note, was impossible. 1897 J. Bryce Impressions S. Afr. xxi. 447 Cape Colony has a so-called ‘curfew law’, requiring natives who are out of doors after dark to be provided with a pass. 1931 Daily Express 16 Oct. 11/3 The curfew order of the university is that no cars may be used after nine without leave. < as lemmas |
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