单词 | curfew |
释义 | curfew n.   1. a a regulation restricting or forbidding the public circulation of people, esp. requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, usu. at night. b the hour designated as the beginning of such a restriction. c a daily signal indicating this.   2. hist. a a medieval regulation requiring people to extinguish fires at a fixed hour in the evening. b the hour for this. c the bell announcing it.   3. the ringing of a bell at a fixed evening hour. Etymology: ME f. AF coeverfu, OF cuevrefeu f. the stem of couvrir COVER + feu fire |
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