As a VERB, 'curse' means to use rude or offensive language due to anger, or to say insulting things to someone. It can also mean to complain angrily about something, often using rude words, or to wish harm upon someone. As a NOUN, 'curse' refers to a supernatural power causing bad things to happen, or something that causes a great deal of trouble or harm.
As a VERB, 'curse' means to use rude or offensive language due to anger, or to say insulting things to someone. It can also mean to complain angrily about something, often using rude words, or to wish harm upon someone. As a NOUN, 'curse' refers to a supernatural power causing bad things to happen, or something that causes a great deal of trouble or harm.
[VERB 动词]诅咒;咒骂 If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
[V]
[WRITTEN 笔语]
I cursed and hobbled to my feet.
我咒骂着一瘸一拐地站起来。
Curse is also a noun.
He shot her an angry look and a curse.
他生气地看了她一眼,骂了一句。
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[VERB 动词]咒骂;诅咒;辱骂 If you curse someone, you say insulting things to them because you are angry with them.
[V n]
[V pron-refl]
Grandma protested, but he cursed her and rudely pushed her aside...
奶奶提出抗议,但他辱骂她并把她粗暴地推到一旁。
He cursed himself for having been so careless.
他骂自己怎么那么不小心。
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[VERB 动词](尤指用粗话)抱怨,发牢骚;咒骂 If you curse something, you complain angrily about it, especially using rude language.
[V n]
So we set off again, cursing the delay, towards the west...
于是,我们一面抱怨延误了时间,一面又朝西出发了。
She silently cursed her own stupidity.
她在心里默默地骂自己愚蠢。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]诅咒;咒语 If you say that there is a curse on someone, you mean that there seems to be a supernatural power causing unpleasant things to happen to them.
[oft N on/upon n]
Maybe there is a curse on my family...
可能我的家族受到了诅咒。
He's been the object of a voodoo curse.
他受到伏都教的诅咒。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]祸根;祸端;祸水 You can refer to something that causes a great deal of trouble or harm as a curse .
[usu sing]
Apathy is the long-standing curse of British local democracy...
冷漠是英国地方民主制度长期以来难以推广的祸根。
Summer colds are a terrible curse.
夏季感冒是极其糟糕的事。
Oxford
curse/kɜːs; NAmEkɜːrs/
noun
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verb
cursecursescursedcurstcursingnoun1(alsoold-fashioned,informalcuss)[countable ]a rude or offensive word or phrase that some people use when they are very angry 咒骂语;骂人话SYN
oath
,
swear word
◆He muttered a curse at the other driver.他低声咒骂另一位开车的人。2[countable ]a word or phrase that has a magic power to make sth bad happen 咒;咒语◆The family thought that they were under a curse.这家人认为他们受人诅咒而遭了殃。☞compare
hex
3[countable ]something that causes harm or evil 祸根;祸端;祸水◆the curse of drug addiction吸毒成瘾的祸害◆Noise is a curse of modern city life.噪音是现代城市生活的一大祸根。4the curse[singular ]( old-fashioned,informal) =
menstruation
verb1[intransitive ]to swear 诅咒◆He hit his head as he stood up and cursed loudly.他站起来时撞了头,便破口大骂。2[transitive ]to say rude things to sb or think rude things about sb/sth 咒骂;诅咒;在心里诅咒cursesb/sth/yourself ◆She cursed her bad luck.她骂自己运气不好。cursesb/sth/yourself for sth ◆He cursed himself for his stupidity.他咒骂自己愚蠢。3[transitive ]cursesb/sth to use a magic word or phrase against sb in order to harm them 念咒语诅咒◆Legend has it that the whole village had been cursed by a witch.传说整座村庄遭到了巫婆的诅咒。☞compare
hex
PHRASAL VERBbe ˈcursed with sthto continuously suffer from or be affected by sth bad 不断因…而遭殃;为…所苦;受…之害◆She seems cursed with bad luck.她好像运气不好连连遭殃。curse/kɜːs; NAmEkɜːrs/
LDC
curse1 verb
curse2 noun
cursecurse1 /kɜːs $ kɜːrs/ ●○○ verb
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1[intransitive] to swear: Gilbert was cursing under his breath.2[transitive] to say or think bad things about someone or something because they have made you angry: He cursed his bad luck in arriving just after she’d left.curse somebody/something for (doing) something Elsa cursed herself for believing his lies.3[transitive] to ask God or a magical power to harm someonecurse out phrasal verb American English informalto swear at someone who has made you angry
curse1 verb
curse2 noun
cursecurse2 ●○○ noun [countable]
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1a swear word or words that you say because you are very angry: He muttered a curse under his breath.2a word or sentence used to ask God or a magical power to do something bad to someone or something: He believed that someone had put a curse on the house.3something that causes trouble, harm etccurse of Noise is one of the curses of modern-day life.4the curse old-fashioned a menstrual period
WDF
curse
[kɜ:s]cursed, cursing, curses
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cursed[9204] curses[1655] cursing[1931]
诅咒(81%),咒骂(17%),使受罪(1%),祸端(1%)
n.诅咒;咒骂
vt.诅咒;咒骂
vi.诅咒;咒骂
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