| 词源 |
curfew. Domestic fires left unextinguished at night caused many devastating fires in medieval times. Therefore laws made it mandatory to cover fires at night, church bells ringing at the hour (usually 8 or 9 o’clock) that this was to be done. The French for “cover fire,” couvre feu passed into English as curfew and the word later was applied to all regulations banning peo- ple from the streets at certain hours. |