curse

noun

/kɜːs/

/kɜːrs/

[countable] a rude or offensive word or phrase that some people use when they are very angry咒骂语；骂人话 synonym oath, swear word
- He muttered a curse at the other driver.他低声咒骂对方司机。
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- muffled
- loud
verb + curse
- mutter
- let out
- utter
- …
curse + noun
- word
[countable] a word or phrase that has a magic power to make something 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。
- The witch is supposed to have put a curse on the house.人们认为巫婆对这幢房子念了咒。
compare hex
Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- ancient
- evil
- terrible
- …
verb + curse
- utter
- place
- put
- …
preposition
- under a curse
- curse on
- curse upon
- …
[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。
the curse
[singular] (old-fashioned, informal) menstruation (= the process or time of menstruating)诅咒

词源Old English, of unknown origin.

curse

verb

/kɜːs/

/kɜːrs/

动词形式

present simple I / you / we / they curse	/kɜːs/ /kɜːrs/
he / she / it curses	/ˈkɜːsɪz/ /ˈkɜːrsɪz/
past simple cursed	/kɜːst/ /kɜːrst/
past participle cursed	/kɜːst/ /kɜːrst/
-ing form cursing	/ˈkɜːsɪŋ/ /ˈkɜːrsɪŋ/

Phrasal Verbs

[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。
- He cursed under his breath as the hammer slipped.锤子滑偏，他轻轻地骂了一声。
- She was cursing and screaming at me just because I was late.仅仅因为我迟到了，她就对我尖声咒骂。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- roundly
- loudly
- aloud
- …
preposition
- for
phrases
- curse and swear
- curse and shout, yell, scream, etc.
- curse the day
- …
[transitive] to say rude things to somebody or think rude things about somebody/something咒骂；诅咒；在心里诅咒
- curse somebody/something/yourself (that) She cursed her bad luck.她骂自己运气不好。
- curse somebody/something/yourself for something He cursed himself for his stupidity.他咒骂自己愚蠢。
- He was now cursing the day he had ever got involved in the project.他现在诅咒老天使他卷入了那个工程中。
- She cursed her luck that she had had to queue for so long.她骂自己运气不佳，得排那么长时间的队。
- I cursed her roundly for being late.因为迟到，我狠狠地骂了她。
Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- roundly
- loudly
- aloud
- …
preposition
- for
phrases
- curse and swear
- curse and shout, yell, scream, etc.
- curse the day
- …
[transitive] curse somebody/something to use a magic word or phrase against somebody 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

词源Old English, of unknown origin.