early 13c., curre, earlier kurdogge used of both vicious dogs and cowardly dogs, probably from Old Norse kurra or Middle Low German korren both echoic, both meaning "to growl." Compare Swedish dialectal kurre, Middle Dutch corre "house dog."
雙語例句
1. A cur barking at the sun cannot detract from its glory.
狂犬吠日,無損于太陽的光輝.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. A mischievous cur must be tied short.
惡狗必須拴得短.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. A wild cur flung itself at him with bared fangs and slashed a rent in his overcoat.
一只惡狗張牙舞爪猛地朝他撲來,撕破了他的上衣.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
4. He stopped, grabbed his dust - whisk by the whisk - end and raced after the cur.
他停住了車, 倒攥著布子,拚命的追著狗打.
來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子
5. He saved men from drowning and you shake at a cur's yelping.