Word familyadjectivecurrishadverbcurrishlynouncurcurrishness
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cur /kɜː $ kɜːr/ noun [countableC] old-fashioned
HBAan unfriendly dog, especially one that is a mix of several breeds 恶狗；〔尤指〕杂种狗
Examples from the Corpus
cur• Maurice, a 250-pound brick, a killer, a cur, is deep in Bible studies down at Rudyard.• I.. Something one my last professor was showing his first signs of by cur grousing out people.• But what was the cur whose descendants burst into such variety?• The cur tumbled into the moat only to be rescued by the brave Señor Sanchez.
From Longman Business Dictionary
curcurFINANCE
written abbreviation for currency
Origincur
(1300-1400)cur-dog((12-19 centuries)), from an unrecorded cur“to growl”