a regulation requiring people to remain indoors between specified hours, typically at night
(多指夜间的)宵禁;戒严
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a dusk-to-dawn curfew 傍晚至黎明的宵禁
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[mass noun]
the whole area was immediately placed under curfew .整个地区立刻处于戒严状态。
the hour designated as the beginning of such a restriction
宵禁起始时间
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to be abroad after curfew without permission was to risk punishment .不经允许在宵禁后出门可能会受处罚。
the daily signal indicating this
宵禁信号。
"Middle English (denoting a regulation requiring people to extinguish fires at a fixed hour in the evening, or a bell rung at that hour): from Old French