| 单词 | curb |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [kə:b] |
| 解释 | n.路缘，(街道的)镶边石；马勒；v.控制 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 马勒; v. 控制(to restrain; check; control; restrain) 【考】 反义词：goad(刺激) 【记】 比较curd(凝乳)，cur t(无礼的) 【例】 to curb one's anger |
| 字源 | curb (n.) late 15c., "strap passing under the jaw of a horse" (used to restrain the animal), from Old French courbe (12c.) "curb on a horse," from Latin curvus, from curvare "to bend" (see curve (v.)). 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" 1791 (sometimes spelled kerb). Figurative sense of "a check, a restraint" is from 1610s. curb (v.) 1520s, of horses, "to lead to a curb," from curb (n.). Figurative use from 1580s. Related: Curbed; curbing. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 控制, 抑制 = restrain = check = control; n 路缘(街道边沿砌成的一排石头); 马勒(马下颚的绳子或皮带, 用来控制马) 【记】读: 可悲! 被象马勒一样的东西抑制住, 难道不可悲吗? 读: 磕吧! 走路不看脚地下, 磕到马路牙子上, 活该! Cur = curr跑, b不: 不能跑了－被马勒一样的东西抑制住了 【区】curd(n 凝乳); 中的d读: 豆(腐); curt(adj 简洁的; 唐突的) 【反】goad(v /n 刺激(物)) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】音：卡脖， 卡着马脖子就是马勒；音：刻薄，老板太刻薄，总想控制员工 |
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