| 释义 |
curb/kɜ:b/ n. & v.●n. 1 a check or restraint 抑制，控制，约束 2 a strap etc. fastened to the bit and passing under a horse's lower jaw, used as a check 马勒，马嚼子 3 an enclosing border or edging such as the frame round the top of a well or a fender round a hearth 围栏(如井栏，壁炉槛) 4 = KERB ●v. tr. 1 restrain 抑制，控制，约束 2 put a curb on (a horse) 给(马)戴上马勒 [Middle English via Old French courber from Latin curvare ‘bend, CURVE’] |