Curfew

(noun.) an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited.

(noun.) a signal (usually a bell) announcing the start of curfew restrictions.

(noun.) the time that the curfew signal is sounded.

德洛丽丝校对

• The word curfew is derived from the French couvre-feu, meaning cover fire. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Moreover to light a fire is the instinctive and resistant act of man when, at the winter ingress, the curfew is sounded throughout Nature. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• The ringing of the curfew originated in England by William the Conqueror, who directed that at the ringing of the bell at eight o’clock all fires and lights should be extinguished. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• How did the Ringing of the Curfew Originate? 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In the United States an ordinance establishing a curfew, with the purpose of keeping young people off the streets, has existed in Salem, Mass. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Wamba presently appeared to urge the same request, observing that a cup after midnight was worth three after curfew. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.

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