curfew
n. 晚钟, 打晚钟时刻, 宵禁 [法] 宵禁, 宵禁令
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Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.
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The time when such restriction begins.
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A signal indicating this time.
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A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.
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A regulation in feudal Europe by which fires had to be covered up or put out at a certain fixed time in the evening, marked by the ringing of an evening bell.
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The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.
I have my lodging neere unto a tower, where both evening and morning a very great bell doth chime Ave marie and Cover-few, which jangling doth even make the tower to shake […].
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From Middle English curfu, from Old French cuevre-fu (French couvre-feu), from the imperative of covrir (“to cover”) + fu (“fire”). Compare kerchief.
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