[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。
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curse/kɜːs; NAmEkɜːrs/
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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
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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/
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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
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