| 词汇 | curb |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： late 15c., "strap passing under the jaw of a horse," from O.Fr. courbe "curve, curb," from L. curvus, from curvare "to bend" (see curve). Meaning "enclosed framework" is from 1510s, probably originally with a notion of "curved;" extended to margins of garden beds 1731; to "margin of stone between a sidewalk and road" 1836 (sometimes spelled kerb). The verb (1520s) is from the notion of putting a curb on a horse; fig. sense first attested 1580s. 词根记忆： n. 路边,场外证券市场,vt.制止,抑制Ted parked his car at the curb.特德把车停在路边.The public demanded a curb on military spending.公众要求限制军事开支. |
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