Curb

[kɜːb] or [kɝb]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) an edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones (usually forming part of a gutter).

(noun.) a horse's bit with an attached chain or strap to check the horse.

(verb.) keep to the curb; 'curb your dogs'.

安布尔手打--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To bend or curve

(v. t.) To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check.

(v. t.) To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.

(v. i.) To bend; to crouch; to cringe.

(n.) That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse.

(n.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome.

(n.) A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.

(n.) A curbstone.

(n.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness.

手打:肖恩

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Check, restraint, hinderance, bridle.[2]. Curb-stone.

v. a. Check, restrain, control, bridle, put under restraint, keep under.

手打:苏珊

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Restrain, cohibit, hold, repress, check, moderate

ANT:Indulge, liberate, release, emancipate, loose, urge, free, incite, instigate,impel

昌西整理

解釋/意思:

v.t. to bend to one's will: to subdue: to restrain or check: to furnish with or guide by a curb.—n. that which curbs: a check or hinderance: a chain or strap attached to the bit of a bridle for restraining the horse.—adjs. Curb′able; Curb′less.—ns. Curb′-roof a roof whose upper rafters have a less inclination than the lower ones; Curb′stone Kerb′stone a stone placed edgeways against earth or stone work to check it.

手打:米格尔