curfew / ˈkɜr fyu /

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curfew 的定义

n. 名词 noun
  1. an order establishing a specific time in the evening after which certain regulations apply, especially that no civilians or other specified group of unauthorized persons may be outdoors or that places of public assembly must be closed.
  2. a regulation requiring a person to be home at a certain prescribed time, as imposed by a parent on a child.
  3. the time at which a daily curfew starts.
  4. the period during which a curfew is in effect.
  5. a signal, usually made with a bell, announcing the start of the time of restrictions under a curfew.
  6. a bell for sounding a curfew.
  7. the ringing of a bell at a fixed hour in the evening as a signal for covering or extinguishing fires.
  8. a metal cover for shielding a banked or unattended fire.

curfew 近义词

n. 名词 noun

late hour

curfew 的近义词 3

更多curfew例句

  1. “The United States, which has always promoted democracy and human rights, has become a country of riots, conflict and curfew,” said one recent video featuring clips from the attack on the Capitol that resulted in five deaths.
  2. California lifted stay-at-home orders and curfews last week after alarmingly high hospitalizations dipped, while New York is on track to resume indoor dining by Valentine’s Day.
  3. The spike in riders came even as Metro closed three hours early on Wednesday because of the violence at the Capitol and curfews issued.
  4. Hours after a mob of hundreds of men and women broke into the Capitol building, groups of people were arrested for violating curfew and refusing to leave the grounds of the building.
  5. The curfew is part of what Premier François Legault is calling “electroshock therapy” for the province
  6. A nighttime curfew that was imposed a few weeks ago seems barely enforced now—no doubt to the relief of the women at the Ramada.
  7. On Friday afternoon, I stood by the Burger King checking the bars on my phone like a kid with a curfew.
  8. The city of Miran Shah, for example, was subjected to a nighttime curfew for years.
  9. Nixon said the curfew is necessary, despite the efforts of some Ferguson residents to prevent looting.
  10. And so swift was the imposition of the curfew that some foreigners were taken by surprise.
  11. The last slave had been immured within its walls, and St. Michael's curfew was to be sweetest music thenceforth and forever.
  12. We took tea at six or half past six o'clock, and the curfew ringing at nine found us preparing for bed.
  13. The time when this ought to be done, was signified by the ringing of a bell, called therefore the curfew bell, or ignitegium.
  14. The ringing of a bell in the evening is in many places till called ringing the Curfew Bell.
  15. It made me think of that gal when she spoke ‘Curfew shall not ring tewnight’ at the schoolhouse.