单词 | curb |
释义 | curb n. & v. --n   1. a check or restraint.   2. a strap etc. fastened to the bit and passing under a horse's lower jaw, used as a check.   3. an enclosing border or edging such as the frame round the top of a well or a fender round a hearth.   4. = KERB. --vtr.   1. restrain.   2. put a curb on (a horse). Phrases and idioms curb roof a roof of which each face has two slopes, the lower one steeper. Etymology: ME f. OF courber f. L curvare bend, CURVE |
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