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."
权威例句
1. A cur barking at the sun cannot detract from its glory.
狂犬吠日,无损于太阳的光辉.
2. A mischievous cur must be tied short.
恶狗必须拴得短.
3. A wild cur flung itself at him with bared fangs and slashed a rent in his overcoat.
一只恶狗张牙舞爪猛地朝他扑来,撕破了他的上衣.
4. He stopped, grabbed his dust - whisk by the whisk - end and raced after the cur.
他停住了车, 倒攥着布子,拚命的追着狗打.
5. He saved men from drowning and you shake at a cur's yelping.