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单词 courb
释义

courb

English

Etymology

Middle English courben, from Middle French courber, from Latin curvō. Doublet of curb.

Verb

courb (third-person singular simple present courbs, present participle courbing, simple past and past participle courbed)

  1. (obsolete) To bend; to bow.
    • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:
      Thanne I courbed on my knees · and cryed hir of grace.
    • 1664, John Evelyn, Sylva:
      Sallys may also be propagated like Vines, by courbing, and bowing them in Arches.

Anagrams

  • Burco

Middle English

Adjective

courb

  1. curved; rounded
    • c. 1386–1390, John Gower, Reinhold Pauli, editor, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy [], published 1857, OCLC 827099568:
      Her necke is short, her shoulders courb.
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