英语词汇curfew的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	curfew
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.
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