Definition of curfew in English:

curfew

noun ˈkəːfjuːˈkərˌfju

1A regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, typically at night.
（多指夜间的）宵禁；戒严
a dusk-to-dawn curfew
傍晚至黎明的宵禁。
mass noun the whole area was immediately placed under curfew
整个地区立刻处于戒严状态。
Example sentencesExamples
- He enforced strict rules: a nightly curfew and a mandate to earn top grades in high school.
- Together they agree to break the curfew to show me how people are coping.
- He was given a conditional sentence, which avoids jail time, but enforces daily curfews in his home.
- He took full 24 hours before doing so and clamping curfew in some areas.
- There is normally a 7pm - 7am curfew and prisoners are monitored with an electronic tagging device.
- Police are also patrolling the city and have slapped a night-time curfew on the city.
- All exits from the city were totally blocked from the morning and an indefinite curfew was imposed from 6pm.
- They arrested something like 300 people last night for curfew violations.
- As with many parks around the city, a midnight curfew is imposed.
- Police introduced an overnight curfew on Thursday in Colombo and have tightened security measures throughout city.
- Youth justices put him under a three-month nightly curfew and on a nine-month supervision order aimed at tackling his alcoholism.
- Today it is still heavily guarded, with numerous checkpoints and a nighttime curfew.
- He gets half way across town before the cop patrolling his neighborhood pulls him over for curfew violation.
- He was posted in the marketplace area of the city, enforcing the curfew.
- All she needed was a midnight curfew and glass slippers and she would be set.
- The standoff ceased with the advent of the midnight curfew.
- There was an overnight curfew and a requirement to report twice a day to the authorities.
- The lists of candidates, their names and manifestos, were all but invisible and a strict curfew was imposed.
- We saw them lifting an overnight curfew that had been in place also since April when the old regime fell.
- Ever since I broke curfew, I showed no promise of learning my lesson.
1. 1.1 The hour designated as the beginning of a curfew.
  宵禁起始时间
  mass noun to be abroad after curfew without permission was to risk punishment
  不经允许在宵禁后出门可能会受处罚。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He walks further until one o'clock in the morning (past the curfew for apprentices) and ends up in the graveyard in Copp's Hill.
  The camp compensated by making a later curfew for those on time off.
  The neighbours, he recalls, allowed him to play until a daily curfew of 10 pm.
  Her parents had given her a curfew of midnight, so she had heaps of time.
  And even if I returned past the curfew, my parents didn't mind too much.
  He had regained her trust the night before, after telling her of numerous time that she had let him back into the boarding house when he had returned after curfew.
  By that time, the male was already at his home, having managed to cook up an excuse for breaking the midnight curfew.
  Do you remember how mad they were when we were an hour past curfew last year?
  ‘Yes,’ he said softly, nuzzling the back of her neck as the final bell rang in the distance, marking curfew.
  My curfew was usually midnight, but not for dates.
  You remember the feeling: You had a midnight curfew, but your friends were free to roam wild until dawn.
  Your curfew is at midnight unless otherwise noted.
  When Mom and Dad are home, our curfew is midnight.
  It was past my curfew and I could tell that I looked panicked because of the face Jake was making.
2. 1.2 The daily signal indicating the beginning of a curfew.
  宵禁信号
  they had to return before the curfew sounded
  Example sentencesExamples
  The execution was to take place at the ringing of the evening curfew bell.
  It wasn't long until the curfew bang sounded and we were shuffled out once again.

Origin

Middle English (denoting a regulation requiring people to extinguish fires at a fixed hour in the evening, or a bell rung at that hour): from Old French cuevrefeu, from cuvrir 'to cover' + feu 'fire'. The current sense dates from the late 19th century.

Today a curfew is sometimes imposed during periods of emergency or conflict, as a way of keeping people off the streets, usually at night. In the Middle Ages, though, the curfew was the time by which people had to put out or cover the fire in their hearth—the objective was not to keep order but to stop houses burning down. Curfew is an Old French word, from cuvrir ‘to cover’ and feu ‘fire’.

Definition of curfew in US English:

curfew

nounˈkərˌfyo͞oˈkərˌfju

1A regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, typically at night.
（多指夜间的）宵禁；戒严
a dusk-to-dawn curfew
傍晚至黎明的宵禁。
the whole area was immediately placed under curfew
整个地区立刻处于戒严状态。
Example sentencesExamples
- Police are also patrolling the city and have slapped a night-time curfew on the city.
- All exits from the city were totally blocked from the morning and an indefinite curfew was imposed from 6pm.
- They arrested something like 300 people last night for curfew violations.
- There was an overnight curfew and a requirement to report twice a day to the authorities.
- The lists of candidates, their names and manifestos, were all but invisible and a strict curfew was imposed.
- Ever since I broke curfew, I showed no promise of learning my lesson.
- He enforced strict rules: a nightly curfew and a mandate to earn top grades in high school.
- He was posted in the marketplace area of the city, enforcing the curfew.
- There is normally a 7pm - 7am curfew and prisoners are monitored with an electronic tagging device.
- The standoff ceased with the advent of the midnight curfew.
- Together they agree to break the curfew to show me how people are coping.
- He was given a conditional sentence, which avoids jail time, but enforces daily curfews in his home.
- Youth justices put him under a three-month nightly curfew and on a nine-month supervision order aimed at tackling his alcoholism.
- As with many parks around the city, a midnight curfew is imposed.
- All she needed was a midnight curfew and glass slippers and she would be set.
- He gets half way across town before the cop patrolling his neighborhood pulls him over for curfew violation.
- Today it is still heavily guarded, with numerous checkpoints and a nighttime curfew.
- He took full 24 hours before doing so and clamping curfew in some areas.
- We saw them lifting an overnight curfew that had been in place also since April when the old regime fell.
- Police introduced an overnight curfew on Thursday in Colombo and have tightened security measures throughout city.
1. 1.1 The hour designated as the beginning of a curfew.
  宵禁起始时间
  to be out after curfew without permission was to risk punishment
  不经允许在宵禁后出门可能会受处罚。
  Example sentencesExamples
  ‘Yes,’ he said softly, nuzzling the back of her neck as the final bell rang in the distance, marking curfew.
  When Mom and Dad are home, our curfew is midnight.
  And even if I returned past the curfew, my parents didn't mind too much.
  He walks further until one o'clock in the morning (past the curfew for apprentices) and ends up in the graveyard in Copp's Hill.
  Your curfew is at midnight unless otherwise noted.
  You remember the feeling: You had a midnight curfew, but your friends were free to roam wild until dawn.
  By that time, the male was already at his home, having managed to cook up an excuse for breaking the midnight curfew.
  Do you remember how mad they were when we were an hour past curfew last year?
  The camp compensated by making a later curfew for those on time off.
  Her parents had given her a curfew of midnight, so she had heaps of time.
  He had regained her trust the night before, after telling her of numerous time that she had let him back into the boarding house when he had returned after curfew.
  My curfew was usually midnight, but not for dates.
  The neighbours, he recalls, allowed him to play until a daily curfew of 10 pm.
  It was past my curfew and I could tell that I looked panicked because of the face Jake was making.
2. 1.2 A daily signal indicating the start of curfew.
  宵禁信号
  Example sentencesExamples
  It wasn't long until the curfew bang sounded and we were shuffled out once again.
  The execution was to take place at the ringing of the evening curfew bell.

Origin

Middle English (denoting a regulation requiring people to extinguish fires at a fixed hour in the evening, or a bell rung at that hour): from Old French cuevrefeu, from cuvrir ‘to cover’ + feu ‘fire’. The current sense dates from the late 19th century.

单词	curfew
释义	Definition of curfew in English: curfew noun ˈkəːfjuːˈkərˌfju 1A regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, typically at night. （多指夜间的）宵禁；戒严 a dusk-to-dawn curfew 傍晚至黎明的宵禁。 mass noun the whole area was immediately placed under curfew 整个地区立刻处于戒严状态。 Example sentencesExamples He enforced strict rules: a nightly curfew and a mandate to earn top grades in high school. Together they agree to break the curfew to show me how people are coping. He was given a conditional sentence, which avoids jail time, but enforces daily curfews in his home. He took full 24 hours before doing so and clamping curfew in some areas. There is normally a 7pm - 7am curfew and prisoners are monitored with an electronic tagging device. Police are also patrolling the city and have slapped a night-time curfew on the city. All exits from the city were totally blocked from the morning and an indefinite curfew was imposed from 6pm. They arrested something like 300 people last night for curfew violations. As with many parks around the city, a midnight curfew is imposed. Police introduced an overnight curfew on Thursday in Colombo and have tightened security measures throughout city. Youth justices put him under a three-month nightly curfew and on a nine-month supervision order aimed at tackling his alcoholism. Today it is still heavily guarded, with numerous checkpoints and a nighttime curfew. He gets half way across town before the cop patrolling his neighborhood pulls him over for curfew violation. He was posted in the marketplace area of the city, enforcing the curfew. All she needed was a midnight curfew and glass slippers and she would be set. The standoff ceased with the advent of the midnight curfew. There was an overnight curfew and a requirement to report twice a day to the authorities. The lists of candidates, their names and manifestos, were all but invisible and a strict curfew was imposed. We saw them lifting an overnight curfew that had been in place also since April when the old regime fell. Ever since I broke curfew, I showed no promise of learning my lesson. 1.1 The hour designated as the beginning of a curfew. 宵禁起始时间 mass noun to be abroad after curfew without permission was to risk punishment 不经允许在宵禁后出门可能会受处罚。 Example sentencesExamples He walks further until one o'clock in the morning (past the curfew for apprentices) and ends up in the graveyard in Copp's Hill. The camp compensated by making a later curfew for those on time off. The neighbours, he recalls, allowed him to play until a daily curfew of 10 pm. Her parents had given her a curfew of midnight, so she had heaps of time. And even if I returned past the curfew, my parents didn't mind too much. He had regained her trust the night before, after telling her of numerous time that she had let him back into the boarding house when he had returned after curfew. By that time, the male was already at his home, having managed to cook up an excuse for breaking the midnight curfew. Do you remember how mad they were when we were an hour past curfew last year? ‘Yes,’ he said softly, nuzzling the back of her neck as the final bell rang in the distance, marking curfew. My curfew was usually midnight, but not for dates. You remember the feeling: You had a midnight curfew, but your friends were free to roam wild until dawn. Your curfew is at midnight unless otherwise noted. When Mom and Dad are home, our curfew is midnight. It was past my curfew and I could tell that I looked panicked because of the face Jake was making. 1.2 The daily signal indicating the beginning of a curfew. 宵禁信号 they had to return before the curfew sounded Example sentencesExamples The execution was to take place at the ringing of the evening curfew bell. It wasn't long until the curfew bang sounded and we were shuffled out once again. Origin Middle English (denoting a regulation requiring people to extinguish fires at a fixed hour in the evening, or a bell rung at that hour): from Old French cuevrefeu, from cuvrir 'to cover' + feu 'fire'. The current sense dates from the late 19th century. Today a curfew is sometimes imposed during periods of emergency or conflict, as a way of keeping people off the streets, usually at night. In the Middle Ages, though, the curfew was the time by which people had to put out or cover the fire in their hearth—the objective was not to keep order but to stop houses burning down. Curfew is an Old French word, from cuvrir ‘to cover’ and feu ‘fire’. Definition of curfew in US English: curfew nounˈkərˌfyo͞oˈkərˌfju 1A regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, typically at night. （多指夜间的）宵禁；戒严 a dusk-to-dawn curfew 傍晚至黎明的宵禁。 the whole area was immediately placed under curfew 整个地区立刻处于戒严状态。 Example sentencesExamples Police are also patrolling the city and have slapped a night-time curfew on the city. All exits from the city were totally blocked from the morning and an indefinite curfew was imposed from 6pm. They arrested something like 300 people last night for curfew violations. There was an overnight curfew and a requirement to report twice a day to the authorities. The lists of candidates, their names and manifestos, were all but invisible and a strict curfew was imposed. Ever since I broke curfew, I showed no promise of learning my lesson. He enforced strict rules: a nightly curfew and a mandate to earn top grades in high school. He was posted in the marketplace area of the city, enforcing the curfew. There is normally a 7pm - 7am curfew and prisoners are monitored with an electronic tagging device. The standoff ceased with the advent of the midnight curfew. Together they agree to break the curfew to show me how people are coping. He was given a conditional sentence, which avoids jail time, but enforces daily curfews in his home. Youth justices put him under a three-month nightly curfew and on a nine-month supervision order aimed at tackling his alcoholism. As with many parks around the city, a midnight curfew is imposed. All she needed was a midnight curfew and glass slippers and she would be set. He gets half way across town before the cop patrolling his neighborhood pulls him over for curfew violation. Today it is still heavily guarded, with numerous checkpoints and a nighttime curfew. He took full 24 hours before doing so and clamping curfew in some areas. We saw them lifting an overnight curfew that had been in place also since April when the old regime fell. Police introduced an overnight curfew on Thursday in Colombo and have tightened security measures throughout city. 1.1 The hour designated as the beginning of a curfew. 宵禁起始时间 to be out after curfew without permission was to risk punishment 不经允许在宵禁后出门可能会受处罚。 Example sentencesExamples ‘Yes,’ he said softly, nuzzling the back of her neck as the final bell rang in the distance, marking curfew. When Mom and Dad are home, our curfew is midnight. And even if I returned past the curfew, my parents didn't mind too much. He walks further until one o'clock in the morning (past the curfew for apprentices) and ends up in the graveyard in Copp's Hill. Your curfew is at midnight unless otherwise noted. You remember the feeling: You had a midnight curfew, but your friends were free to roam wild until dawn. By that time, the male was already at his home, having managed to cook up an excuse for breaking the midnight curfew. Do you remember how mad they were when we were an hour past curfew last year? The camp compensated by making a later curfew for those on time off. Her parents had given her a curfew of midnight, so she had heaps of time. He had regained her trust the night before, after telling her of numerous time that she had let him back into the boarding house when he had returned after curfew. My curfew was usually midnight, but not for dates. The neighbours, he recalls, allowed him to play until a daily curfew of 10 pm. It was past my curfew and I could tell that I looked panicked because of the face Jake was making. 1.2 A daily signal indicating the start of curfew. 宵禁信号 Example sentencesExamples It wasn't long until the curfew bang sounded and we were shuffled out once again. The execution was to take place at the ringing of the evening curfew bell. Origin Middle English (denoting a regulation requiring people to extinguish fires at a fixed hour in the evening, or a bell rung at that hour): from Old French cuevrefeu, from cuvrir ‘to cover’ + feu ‘fire’. The current sense dates from the late 19th century.
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