curse
verb
uk/kɜːs/us/kɝːs/curseverb(SPEAK ANGRILY)
[IorT]
to use a word or anexpressionthat is notpoliteandshowsthat you are veryangry:
诅咒，咒骂；骂人We couldhearhim cursing andswearingas hetriedto get thedooropen.我们听到他一边努力想把门打开一边骂骂咧咧。
She was cursing herbrotherforlosingherkeys.她在骂弟弟，因为他弄丢了她的钥匙。
Swearing and blasphemy
- air
- bad language
- blaspheme
- blasphemously
- C-word
- cuss
- damn
- eff
- expletive
- imprecation
- oath
- profanity
- strong
- swear like a trooperidiom
- sworn
- the air is blueidiom
- the F-word
- the N-word
- trooper
- wash
curseverb(PERFORM MAGIC)
[T]
to saymagicwords that areintendedtobringbadluckto someone:
说咒语，施魔咒Things were going sobadly- it was as if I'd been cursed.事情这么不顺利——我好像被施了魔咒。
Magic
- abracadabra
- alchemy
- bewitch
- bezoar
- black magic
- conjure
- escapology
- evil
- hex
- hocus-pocus
- magical
- magically
- mugwort
- mystic
- mystical
- the evil eyeidiom
- whammy
- white magic
- witchcraft
- wizardry
curse
noun
uk/kɜːs/us/kɝːs/cursenoun(MAGIC)
[C]
magicwords that areintendedtobringbadluckto someone:
咒语，诅咒，魔咒In thestory, awickedwitchputs acurseontheprincessfor a hundredyears.故事中，一个邪恶的女巫给公主施了一百年才能破解的咒语。
Magic
- abracadabra
- alchemy
- bewitch
- bezoar
- black magic
- conjure
- escapology
- evil
- hex
- hocus-pocus
- magical
- magically
- mugwort
- mystic
- mystical
- the evil eyeidiom
- whammy
- white magic
- witchcraft
- wizardry
cursenoun(TROUBLE)
[C]
acauseoftroubleandunhappiness:
祸根，祸因；祸害Noise is the curse ofmoderncitylife.噪音是困扰现代城市生活的因素。
the curse[S]old-fashionedorhumorous
a woman'speriod(=flowofbloodeachmonth)
月经，例假Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a hard/tough row to hoeidiom
- abyss
- adversity
- atyourworstidiom
- Augean
- bad hair day
- emergence
- epidemic
- genie
- half nelson
- hardness
- have a bumpy rideidiom
- quicksand
- rabbit hole
- reversal
- rigour
- rollercoaster
- strait
- the Augean Stablesidiom
- the hard wayidiom
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Obstetrics: processes & stages connected with sexual reproduction
cursenoun(ANGRY WORD)
[C]
arudeword or phrase
骂人的话Swearing and blasphemy
- air
- bad language
- blaspheme
- blasphemously
- C-word
- cuss
- damn
- eff
- expletive
- imprecation
- oath
- profanity
- strong
- swear like a trooperidiom
- sworn
- the air is blueidiom
- the F-word
- the N-word
- trooper
- wash