英语单词 | curb |
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英美音标 | 英 [kɜːb] 美 [kɜːrb] |
中文释义 | n.路边;克制;勒马绳 vt.抑制;勒住;牵(狗)到合适地方大小便 |
英语例句 | (1) He parked his car along the curb. (2) You must try to put a curb on your bad temper. (3) High interest rates put a curb on spending. (4) I could be able to curb my desires. (5) We must curb inflation. (6) You'd better curb the horse. |
中文例句 | (1) 他把汽车停靠在路边。 (2) 你必须学着克制自己暴躁的脾气。 (3) 高利率抑制了消费 (4) 我能够抑制住自己的欲望。 (5) 我们必须控制通货膨胀。 (6) 你最好用缰绳把这匹马拴住。 |
vocabulary简明 | The hard thing about learning how to parallel park is trying to get the car close enough to the curb without hitting it. A curb is the edge of the sidewalk beside the road. |
vocabulary扩展 | When you're using the word curb as a noun, it's the raised edging beside a street. When curb is a verb, it means to restrain or hold back, like when you curb your impulse to laugh while watching a badly acted play. Curb comes from the Latin word for "curve," curvus, which describes the shape of a restraining strap on a horse's head — in the fifteenth century, this band was called a curb. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]控制;抑制;限定;约束 If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits. [V n] [ [oft N
2 [VERB 动词]控制,约束(情绪或行为) If you curb an emotion or your behaviour, you keep it under control. [V n]
3 →see: kerb ; |
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