資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Curb \Curb\ (k?rb), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Curbed} (k?rbd); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Curbing}.] [F. courber to bend, curve, L. curvare,
   fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. ?????? curved. Cf. {Curve}.]
   1. To bend or curve [Obs.]

            Crooked and curbed lines.             --Holland.

   2. To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend
      to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to
      confine; to keep in check.

            Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed.
                                                  --Milton.

            Where pinching want must curbthy warm desires.
                                                  --Prior.

   3. To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a
      curb, as a bank of earth.

資料來源 : WordNet®

curbed
     adj : held back from some action especially by force [syn: {checked}]