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kerb

noun
🔊/kɜːb/
🔊/kɜːrb/
 (British English)
(North American English curb)
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  1. the edge of the raised path at the side of a road, usually made of long pieces of stone（由条石砌成的）路缘；道牙；马路牙子
    • The bus mounted the kerb (= went onto the pavement) and hit a tree.那辆公共汽车开上路缘撞到了一棵树。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He stepped off the kerb without looking and was hit by a bike.他看都没看就走下路缘，结果被一辆自行车撞了。
    • I parked at the kerb and waited.我把车停在路边等候。
    • The car pulled away from the kerb.汽车驶离路边。
    • They stood on the kerb waiting to cross the road.他们站在路缘上等着过马路。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • dropped
    verb + kerb/​curb
    • pull away from
    • pull in to
    • pull over to
    • …
    preposition
    • at the kerb
    • on the kerb
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    Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a raised border or frame): variant of curb.