curfew

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈkɜː.fjuː/

Noun

historical

Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time. / The time when such restriction begins. / A signal indicating this time.

Japanese Meaning

外出禁止令（特定の時刻までに外出を禁じる規制） / 門限（特定の時刻以降に外出を許さない制度やその開始時間）

What is this buttons?

The city imposed a curfew after the unrest, requiring everyone to be off the streets by 10 p.m.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

市は騒乱の後、午後10時までに全員が外出をやめ自宅に戻るよう求める外出禁止令を敷いた。

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Sense（1）

Any regulation requiring people to be off the streets and in their homes by a certain time.

Localities across New Jersey imposed curfews to prevent looting. In Monmouth, Ocean and other counties, people waited for hours for gasoline at the few stations that had electricity. Supermarket shelves were stripped bare.

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Sense（2）

The time when such restriction begins.

Sense（3）

A signal indicating this time.

Sense（4）

A fireplace accessory designed to bank a fire by completely covering the embers.

Sense（5）

(historical) 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.

Sense（6）

The evening bell, which continued to be rung in many towns after the regulation itself became obsolete.

, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.95:

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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curfews

（ plural ）

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