🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- petaline 43
- electronic cigarette 69
- phantom 194
- mealy 211
- Menace 91
- Granular 23
- overproduce 44
- bemoan 112
- swankiest 31
- holidayer 21
- malfunction 187
- unheard-of 64
- pass through 92
- whitsun 110
- aperitif 146
- torsion 65
- aberration 119
- prenumber 38
- moxie 64
- WHIM 111
- tautologous 41
- goaltending 92
- resemble 508
- crowd out 85
- barless 41
- hussy 80
- catheter 112
- shanghai 71
- sri 51
- warp 134
- jettison 69
- excise 151
- Imperious 45
- nappy 115
- decision 543
- dismantle 121
- observatory 188
- Closing 164
- abundantly 70
- perceptual 47
- presses 34
- lower case 55
- the stratosphere 56
- other 195
- salutatorian 45
- equinox 128
- spectacled 41
- deliquescent 117
- metaphorical 150
- lengthier 28
- gilet 45
- Conduct 300
- -ity 99
- Confute 3
- fave 111
- offprint 44
- Specialization 94
- underemployed 102
- bullock 113
- slithery 57
- iceberg 166
- Burkina Faso 80
- holophrasis 41
- drywall 81
- headwind 144
- holdback 132
- sprog 57
- directory assistance 76
- vacant 776
- adoration 106
- nigger 156
- deservedly 68
- the dark ages 64
- latecomer 60
- NT 78
- flag-waving 88
- chance 581
- full house 124
- Friday 108
- Hierarchical 28
- electrify 206
- homily 66
- resurgent 65
- podiatry 59
- defense 269
- laboratories 33
- grow up 129
- repentant 56
- come forward 115
- hippodrome 32
- Hollow 227
- unpick 52
- county court 92
- objectlessness 33
- ancillary 129
- prototypical 165
- nibble 79
- Perfidy 42
- out of hand 75
- trustee 66
- grass 288
- cold 529
- criminalist 40
- Surrounding 154
- unlikely 520
- elation 135
- stallholder 58
- apron 149
- seE 248
- stationer 59
- Sitter 64
- mauritania 54
- plenary 74
- tardy 191
- symptom 286
- embroglio 46
- HARDSHIP 102
- flashback 201
- tweed 150
- spacewoman 43
- firearm 135
- crypto- 72
- eagles 49
- explicitly 220
- maharaja 61
- trickier 34
- truck 568
- coccyx 133
- fluted 118
- Skewer 106
- lawmen 24
- fanatical 89
- nanoscale 38
- pepperoni 57
- kinetic art 56
- grandiloquous 32
- exemption 178
- consistent 534
- foolhardy 104
- stridency 188
- skeptical 215
- nativities 30
- tactful 200
- jitterbug 60
- feelingly 74
- offscreen 53
- mitigation 83
- COUPLET 50
- cervix 202
- locks 30
- bid 246
- excludable 64
- cb 122
- fill out 113
- bluff 119
- dry-cleaning 44
- Languid 148
- anonymous 220
- come up to 94
- putrid 201
- knack 91
- pleurisy 63
- forwarding address 114
- In place 43
- limier 32
- exigent 167
- July 86
- ZONE 99
- tangly 39
- mollah 39
- Adam 74
- drove 122
- militia 57
- matchmaking 44
- languid 153
- bioprospect 47
- ratified 29
- choctaw 49
- outgoingness 28
- bipolar disorder 96
- pubis 45
- wrack 207
- barbed 198
- boulevard 148
- determinedly 126
- kvetch 67
- compartmentalized 68
- notation 60
- overstep 95
- washday 55
- liberia 61
- appreciable 141
- mezzo-soprano 62
- optionality 32
- favela 76
- gussy 79
- probation 172
- cutup 94
- Shard 49
- hardy 241
- pangless 43
- load 581
- kora 57
- blasé 109
- crumminess 42
- cockieleekie 63
- dromedary 109
- cluttered 119
- insure 466
- Ordnance 41
- anodize 53
- rain forest 74
- dipstick 103
- million 223
- Occupation 227
- pope 136
- navigation 517
- mitt 59
- codex 80
- Dismiss 270
- inexplicable 122
- aforementioned 104
- deprivation 133
- Snake 209
- bungee cord 96
- bungee jump 112
- Compost 172
- faustian 73
- jaw 681
- Quadruplet 25
- cancelable 56
- laud 69
- psalms 41
- ironically 74
- bizarre 306
- horsewhip 66
- moonshine 64
- heath 80
- avarice 311
- batty 146
- arranged marriage 87
- lagoon 125
- Integrated 70
- nubuck 45
- muddler 30
- inadvertent 86
- home 348
- deliverables 35
- evangelical 109
- perusal 83
- mosaic 107
- anglophobe 76
- downtime 93
- jive 83
- piffle 48
- giver 109
- gut 390
- murray 49
- candidature 107
- unfabled 36
- ire 65
- miscarry 88
- wormiest 33
- statuesque 141
- hedge 642
- retiring 68
- daikon 56
- dynamic 499
- bedchamber 152
- lld 49
- cut back 86
- felt-tip 69
- show jumping 61
- include 588
- revolutionize 182
- -ization 40
- dressing gown 113
- patrolling 49
- cranny 123
- well rounded 60
- wand 156
- prizewinning 51
- rectifiable 63
- broadsheet 107
- congolese 59
- money-maker 43
- Eyesight 91
- double bass 100
- mortar 227
- server 288
- technocracy 62
- Agonizing 141
- ending 477
- shareholder 62
- seo 39
- ferocity 137
- Marsh 165
- Bacterial 98
- High-rise 49
- retrain 82
- oxymoron 66
- Threaten 246
- yid 37
- Rotten 63
- context 303
- gas guzzler 109
- temple 432
- wan 67
- bittier 45
- boneless 77
- Saint 364
- clarity 163
- create 476
- nectareous 44
- crabby 129
- Presentation 107
- Scared 162
- shipper 60
- ruckus 58
- exculpatory 57
- crampy 65
- mordancy 47
- Whore 111
- intern 529
- Cabala 38
- user name 21
- Savage 101
- webbed 80
- humility 150
- colin 51
- collocational 43
- magical 221
- admire 528
- topology 50
- Feeling 144
- worthwhileness 27
- back up 84
- ruth 56
- full dress 86
- empanelled 32
- rewire 132
- nebulize 41
- gabbing 43
- kerb 172
- facings 48
- forswear 128
- brunette 127
- Terms 46
- fustier 45
- accelerando 55
- doll up 91
- breezeless 43
- cool-off 80
- Each 66
- mopes 30
- gangbang 73
- drawer 543
- treaty 551
- avebury 45
- syllabic 47
- Summons 109
- shredding 32
- like crazy 29
- mockeries 29
- interplay 75
- Income 222
- creature 545
- extrajudicial 74
- arse 95
- save someone's life 96
- turn the other cheek 29
- Curly 225
- figure of eight 82
- field glasses 83
- balkanize 88
- closing price 96
- halfpennies 51
- tempo 262
- gratuitous 178
- negate 77
- gig 221
- pomps 34
- Bungy 5
- Interested 225
- flare 556
- genealogy 123
- Flesh 211
- prerecorded 62
- Resemblance 207
- outlandish 181
- know 388
- Laborer 91
- high table 95
- Wrist 54
- Sun. 79
- laid 89
- lessen 530
- yack 34
- motivationally 26
- homogenized 74
- criminology 100
- heyday 127
- disorientate 261
- satisfied 213
- Luncheon 136
- in the shadow of 61
- demoniacal 60
- shrub 85
- amok 121
- herring 83
- Bomb 216
- Oasis 112
- terror 550
- willies 41
- furphies 30
- kb 94
- lesotho 48
- intranet 58
- adulthood 97
- yours 85
- penitence 54
- voiding 29
- Jr 94
- Oman 68
- midge 57
- come through 134
- too 133
- photobomb 54
- turnpike 57
- bootie 107
- demography 104
- Pursued 71
- dividend 154
- Imported 26
- tortoise 506
- walk the streets 41
- groves 62
- hair's breadth 127
- bagman 72
- maltese 61
- luv 45
- guarache 45
- Equaled 50
- countryfied 53
- panter 36
- overcautiously 36
- companion 511
- chorus girl 89
- get through to 25
- brooke 44
- multiplayer 37
- cilantro 119
- governor 480
- blow up 147
- sin 530
- pavlovian 46
- Louise, Lake 56
- verbally 162
- ballot 274
- consign 116
- estoppel 81
- public domain 71
- sweetmeat 64
- outlaid 32
- miffed 52
- dueful 31
- Weight 94
- let on 68
- obstacle course 69
- cardinal points 55
- sodding 137
- modus operandi 48
- blotted 47
- access road 78
- holstein 59
- century 652
- alarmism 122
- basilican 37
- business 561
- Memorabilia 69
- dumbbell 102
- sinister 123
- correctness 75
- kikongo 43
- wickedness 178
- quintessentially 48
- folklore 128
- concuss 100
- Woken 77
- piano 76
- distill 149
- conifer 102
- overhand 60
- remarkable 495
- stratified 70
- debit card 92
- glutei 25
- Spur 342
- princely 77
- sally 69
plural curbs
1
a
or British kerb : an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter see also kick to the curb
b
[from the fact that it originally transacted its business on the street] : a market for trading in securities not listed on a stock exchange
c
: a raised edge or margin to strengthen or confine
d
: an enclosing frame, border, or edging
2
b
: a bit that exerts severe pressure on a horse's jaws
also : the chain or strap attached to it see bit illustration
curbed; curbing; curbs
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun We sat on the curb eating our ice cream. these international regulations act as a curb on the plundering of a nation's archaeological treasures Verb The legislation is intended to curb price and wage increases. pills designed to curb your appetite
Recent Examples on the Web
Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 Griffith, supporting himself with a cane, was walking up to the store when the vehicle hits the curb and runs him over, the video shows. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2022 McGill’s mother, Misty Nicholson, told KATU that her daughter was waiting for a bus when the car leapt the curb and struck her. oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2022 The Kremlin has blamed Western sanctions for the supply curb, while European leaders accuse Russia of using energy as leverage against countries opposing its war. Kendra Nichols, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 The Fed is raising interest rates to slow the economy and curb price increases. Sarah Chaney Cambon And David Harrison, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 One commenter suggested an old-school approach, posting a flier near the curb where the rugs were left. Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 Removal of the existing curb and adding a four-foot traffic railing between the sidewalk and roadway. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2022 Photographs posted online after the crash appear to show Linton sitting on the curb with blood on her arm and pants. Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Aj Willingham, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 Two other deaths were attributed to secondary bacterial infections of monkeypox lesions, with apparent sepsis — a dangerous condition where the body’s attempt to curb an infection backfires and leads to organ damage. Andrew Joseph, STAT, 1 Sep. 2022 Studies showed that the project would curb the risk of an outburst and almost halve the size of the high-hazard zone if a flood did occur. Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 For years, the company has been at the center of a nationwide discussion about social media platforms’ responsibility to curb and prevent misinformation. Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2022 As the climate crisis has worsened, experts have put forth numerous solutions to curb greenhouse gas emissions and stop rising temperatures. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2022 Kitchen gardens and healthy cooking have become all the rage in Kericho these days, thanks to a local initiative that has been helping to curb malnutrition and improve health indicators among Kericho’s tea workers. Daphne Ewing-chow, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 The city has implemented many crime-reduction programs to curb violence in the city and create a better working relationship between communities and police. Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022 The state will take a model successfully used to curb addiction in Palm Beach County and expand it to 12 additional Florida counties. Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022 See More
Noun
The south outer curb on the west end of Terminal 3. Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 8 Sep. 2022 Griffith, supporting himself with a cane, was walking up to the store when the vehicle hits the curb and runs him over, the video shows. Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 8 Sep. 2022 McGill’s mother, Misty Nicholson, told KATU that her daughter was waiting for a bus when the car leapt the curb and struck her. oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2022 The Kremlin has blamed Western sanctions for the supply curb, while European leaders accuse Russia of using energy as leverage against countries opposing its war. Kendra Nichols, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 The Fed is raising interest rates to slow the economy and curb price increases. Sarah Chaney Cambon And David Harrison, WSJ, 2 Sep. 2022 One commenter suggested an old-school approach, posting a flier near the curb where the rugs were left. Daniel Kool, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2022 Removal of the existing curb and adding a four-foot traffic railing between the sidewalk and roadway. David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2022 Photographs posted online after the crash appear to show Linton sitting on the curb with blood on her arm and pants. Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2022 Verb
Steele works with several teams that are exploring ways to curb misogynist content and prevent the violence and extremism that sometimes follows. Aj Willingham, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 Two other deaths were attributed to secondary bacterial infections of monkeypox lesions, with apparent sepsis — a dangerous condition where the body’s attempt to curb an infection backfires and leads to organ damage. Andrew Joseph, STAT, 1 Sep. 2022 Studies showed that the project would curb the risk of an outburst and almost halve the size of the high-hazard zone if a flood did occur. Sarah Kaplan, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2022 For years, the company has been at the center of a nationwide discussion about social media platforms’ responsibility to curb and prevent misinformation. Colin Lodewick, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2022 As the climate crisis has worsened, experts have put forth numerous solutions to curb greenhouse gas emissions and stop rising temperatures. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2022 Kitchen gardens and healthy cooking have become all the rage in Kericho these days, thanks to a local initiative that has been helping to curb malnutrition and improve health indicators among Kericho’s tea workers. Daphne Ewing-chow, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 The city has implemented many crime-reduction programs to curb violence in the city and create a better working relationship between communities and police. Olivia Mitchell, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022 The state will take a model successfully used to curb addiction in Palm Beach County and expand it to 12 additional Florida counties. Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle French courbe curve, curved piece of wood or iron, from courbe curved, from Latin curvus
Verb
derivative of curb entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b
Verb
1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of curb was in the 15th century Phrases Containing curb
👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文