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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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resource
413
transitive
155
JOURNAL
91
caravanning
60
wallet
409
manspreading
11
silencer
11
shout out
67
brain
458
Experience
297
notice
430
thud
9
feeder
62
downplay
235
vegas
2
skiffle
1
youngster
367
appear
531
rofl
5
unfitted
1
embassy
175
tingle
6
straggler
2
Tell apart
29
scorched
4
hiatus
153
vermonter
7
toolbar
1
plinth
3
burn down
122
queenlier
2
gene
390
cinema
108
married
409
Manner
164
redskin
6
schoolday
2
Evade
131
expense
467
plenum
3
outward
362
principality
1
professed
3
sweaty
1
pull
418
bound for something
41
lobotomize
12
sleepwalk
7
Cinema
75
Deep fry
43
shard
11
sacker
10
bitterly
345
rifling
2
testier
2
papaya
101
hodgepodge
8
yankeeism
6
Word
179
uteri
2
unquote
2
splint
7
orthographer
15
area
883
bough
343
conclusion
546
tend
604
Outweighs
29
wayside
4
tedious
427
stays
2
truly
337
Employ
178
summertree
3
promptitude
4
bookmobile
164
Jumble
111
trilbies
3
shore
359
FUN
37
increase
801
yonks
8
wise
398
tampa
2
savvied
5
follow-through
56
songster
1
wastage
10
grammatical
637
Baggie
57
gape
94
chasten
89
viewing
2
phosgene
10
take something for granted
81
weightlifter
4
bewail
70
intensive
451
batsman
89
dispassionate
203
uvula
3
pox
4
comprehend
294
unzip
2
vetting
2
Ambassadors
63
traditionary
4
supply-side economics
83
travelled
2
flavor
112
disgusting
262
tailplane
8
accommodate
628
outfield
28
unavailingness
2
waves
6
weepiest
5
skyline
160
valueless
2
terries
3
To take part, or to become involved
35
unkempt
9
stimulate
561
tendrilled
9
pronounced
1
pvc
2
splice
2
propitiatory
4
reword
3
parodistic
9
dickey
44
Hold
271
spake
2
Find
396
scribbler
2
Cure
226
ignorance
268
Birds
5
leek
334
over-
19
reappearance
4
blame
465
satay
4
Calendar
240
immortals
8
proprietaries
8
extreme
417
lie
444
toytown
7
spottiest
4
recto
3
Standard
141
tyro
7
pogo
4
centrally heated
48
rosaries
4
periodic
98
vitalities
4
Bumpy
158
go before
50
sniffier
4
redrew
3
tier
153
chicken out
46
unitarianism
1
sew
386
Tube
31
trammels
2
sprint
261
chillily
33
twittersphere
1
unlike
395
residual
145
come up with something
60
Handle
243
uglifies
2
Latin
323
spiciest
4
recommence
4
coronavirus
184
scudded
10
charmed circle
74
Chaos
180
infringement
10
swordsman
10
westernmost
9
Headphones
32
expiate
120
baller
12
each way
117
Poignant
166
pith
2
wingy
2
Check
192
Act
250
unselfconscious
5
traitorous
6
tapeworm
9
tyke
4
roughish
2
word
370
ones
13
thudding
3
contralto
98
worm
372
Rendering
327
rackety
3
intermediaries
5
comb
423
reecho
4
puckery
2
transformation
339
wet
266
reaper
3
horizon
416
souffle
4
dial
433
Prozac
4
Thumbs up
99
ufo
3
Person
157
well-fed
539
train
340
saddler
141
stage
528
arousing
67
resonator
7
scriptural
3
salaryman
7
na
10
perpendicular
128
vicuna
3
socialite
6
tore
2
satyr
3
wheelhouse
3
unscientific
2
propane
7
outcome
524
zone
437
thereon
8
skimpiest
6
deformity
204
spanned
7
Difference
257
Commendable
125
platonic
4
reach
430
pinhole
4
steps
2
tinkle
4
Nightly
27
tonight
17
accommodation
622
safe
399
hall
662
cover girl
107
unveiled
5
Advertise
213
Even
243
tact
4
non-finite
32
Memoir
58
anaphylaxis
76
attempt
456
Contradictory
79
thru
9
sunlight
429
twelfth
3
clothe
312
restless
457
tele-
8
lawn
356
unexciting
8
apparent
664
reeve
10
poodle
6
mostly
396
contest
416
prudentialism
6
grape
381
tawny
4
indoor
296
diminished responsibility
60
conviction
245
funnily
45
www
8
due
355
confusion
430
swami
4
tribe
421
unknowingness
5
Whereas
171
resit
7
beloved
380
huntress
11
doorless
62
sundial
10
esque
9
raspingly
3
ungainly
10
weariless
7
unlettered
9
chivalric
39
rivalry
8
transpolar
5
sketchpad
7
klepto
6
rustling
6
Joneses
64
wooziest
8
tennessee
7
supporter
11
warn
1605
touchier
7
malignancy
17
canvas
335
daks
32
undercoat
11
sunken
8
squaddy
8
horn
599
Christie
7
cough
432
zillionth
9
nice
115
pluralities
4
summaries
11
nerd
31
question
346
EPA, the
12
poppy
9
zwieback
6
golden hello
90
recrimination
7
storey
413
sri
8
restock
5
sacks
8
rhymed
7
styrofoam
5
dig in
46
situ
7
sitar
6
Discussion
92
dearly
85
knee-jerk
8
gangbusters
105
rosiest
8
whorehouse
12
pupillage
6
insomnia
137
sledge
178
albinism
43
cloud cuckoo land
49
bettered
86
trace
414
radiotelephone
4
existentialist
115
pollyannaism
4
fight out
67
rapid
425
leak
609
rakish
1
upon
338
snappy
116
roost
120
summary
469
protozoa
6
pressurization
7
whistle
570
escape
400
interpret
532
co-starring
24
rex
7
rabbi
3
Stimulate
218
Teenager
254
mutable
116
southernness
6
alumna
106
populous
6
close up
106
bacillus
162
tulle
5
trumpets
2
excerpt
259
worrying
267
lay out
82
radical
433
disc
116
mordant
13
postoperative
5
sled
4
Banter
19
blow
277
Implement
347
streaker
9
might
351
scorcher
21
polyandrous
3
unhappy
473
northwestern
16
frustrate
425
Bound
210
champagne
86
midriff
9
pixie
4
rewardingly
5
sinkage
3
territory
378
BOYCOTT
137
watcher
7
servitor
3
Variation
157
timed
4
sculpt
245
scull
2
weave something into something
73
tesol
13
transposition
7
Ridiculous
286
load
710
Splash
37
nasalize
13
precise
390
symmetrize
11
prestigeful
5
spinier
4
Christie's
7
pen
69
outvote
43
Puzzled
81
ringmaster
13
anger
460
vd
6
weir
3
take up
283
obstacle
526
Sort
332
enjoyable
81
burning
166
legato
14
layout
433
windows
11
organ
401
Morning
128
poorish
2
Clear
317
custard
95
dime
58
heartburn
7
unsaddle
5
colonized
63
whacky
7
consumer-price-index
35
reinforce
477
carboniferous
57
feyly
40
tiptop
6
au pair
113
unreliable
46
step
511
push
258
stint
6
moneyed
167
procuring
3
aimless
71
theos
4
wool
618
planted
6
Landmark
93
dust down
105
ease up
60
disciplinarily
48
gamine
66
scurvy
4
pbs
12
devotion
252
Sprawling
180
pathogenous
5
retd
3
freedom
398
after
133
breathalyser
135
undying
13
phalanx
12
infantry
7
press home your advantage
39
venal
4
sown
4
tram
352
incompatible
118
runner
385
grave
448
adjustable
292
Round
244
prime numbers
18
inflected
8
Ill
193
TOEFL
IELTS
BNC: 7037
COCA: 6733
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
curb
Word family
adjective
curbable
curbless
noun
curbside
curb
curbstone
curb
1
/
kɜːb
$
kɜːrb
/
●○○
verb
[
transitive
T
]
→
kerb
STOP something THAT IS HAPPENING
to control or
limit
something in order to
prevent
it from having a
harmful
effect
控制,抑制,约束
measures to curb the spread of the virus
控制病毒扩散的措施
Examples from the Corpus
curb
•
He basically
defended
the
concept
but
acknowledged
excesses
that could be
curbed
.
•
One might have thought that this was the
sort
of
heavy-handed
executive
action which the
Constitutional
Court
was in business to
curb
.
•
The government is
introducing
new
measures
aimed
at
curbing
inflation
.
•
Although
employment
growth
has been
steady
since the
recession
, government
cutbacks
will
likely
curb
it.
•
The city is trying new measures to
curb
pollution
.
•
On signal-bearing computer leads, twisted-wire coaxial
cables
curb
some types of
interference
.
•
Opposition
is most
fierce
in states such as
California
that have already found ways to
curb
the cost of
treating
Medicaid
patients
.
•
The only way to
curb
the
spread
of the
disease
is by
immunizing
the
entire
population
.
•
An
agreement
is
expected
to
send
bond
yields
lower
by
curbing
the
supply
of
securities
the
Treasury
sells
to
finance
annual
deficits
.
•
It took some time for their masters to
curb
them.
Related topics:
Roads
curb
2
noun
[
countable
C
]
1
CONTROL
an
influence
which helps to control or limit something
控制,约束,抑制
curb on
We are trying to keep a curb on their activities.
我们正设法控制他们的活动。
2
.
American English
AmE
TTR
the
raised
edge
of a road, between where people can walk and cars can drive
路缘
SYN
British English
kerb
→
pavement
,
sidewalk
Examples from the Corpus
curb
•
She was
free
of the
shaming
curbs
of
expedient
morality
.
•
The home-help walked down the road towards Marie, wheeling her
bike
which had been
propped
up against the
curb
.
•
Most are expected to show up at the
airport
Monday
,
depositing
their
cargoes
at the
curb
.
•
A car was
parked
at the
curb
.
•
Stepping
off the
curb
was all but
impossible
without hip-waders.
•
Whether the
curbs
on police
investigation
will
reduce
police influence on the
outcome
of the
criminal
process is not
easy
to
determine
.
curb on
•
Right-wing
politicians
have called for a
tight
curb on
immigration
.
From Longman Business Dictionary
curb
curb
1
/
kɜːbkɜːrb
/
verb
[
transitive
T
]
to control or limit something that has a harmful effect
The new government’s priority is to curb inflation.
curb
curb
2
noun
[
countable
C
]
a control or limit on something
curb on
The plan called for curbs on government spending.
Origin
curb
2
(
1400-1500
)
French
courbe
“
curve, curved piece of wood or metal
”
, from
Latin
curvus
;
→
CURVE
2
curb
1
verb
curb
2
noun
Chinese
Corpus
See also:
kerb
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