Question of the Day #540

"Eliminating Age Discrimination from Lockdown Curfews"

From the headline of this article at Inter Press Service News Agency.

上記の文で、curfewの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "curfew" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. （夜間）外出禁止令
2. 門限（時間）
3. 〈米軍〉帰営時刻
4. 《野球》カーフュー、最大延長時間◆それを超えて試合を延長しない時間、アメリカでは午前1時とされる（2003年4月現在）

問題文の場合の意味は、「外出禁止令」です。
Curfewの使い方（前置詞、動詞等）がいろいろあるので、下記例文を是非参照して下さい。

Answer

According to Merriam-Webster:

1. the sounding of a bell at evening


2. 1. a regulation enjoining the withdrawal of usually specified persons (such as juveniles or military personnel) from the streets or the closing of business establishments or places of assembly at a stated hour
   2. a requirement that someone (typically a child) be home by a particular time
   3. a signal to announce the beginning of a curfew
   4. the hour at which a curfew becomes effective
   5. the period during which a curfew is in effect

Etymology/語源

Merriam=Websterによると、

中英語。「暖炉の火を消すの合図」の意味のフランス語coverfeuから。

According to :

Middle English, from Anglo-French coverfeu, signal given to bank the hearth fire

Examples

• The teens were stopped by police for violating the curfew.
• The city ordered a curfew soon after the rioting started.
• Beginning this Fourth of July holiday weekend, the Navajo Nation's curfew will be in effect between 8 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday. — Chelsea Curtis, The Arizona Republic, "'Alarming rise' in COVID-19 cases around Navajo Nation leads to more weekend curfews," 1 July 2020
• The village was placed under curfew.
• He was shot for breaking (= not obeying) the curfew.

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