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  • Conjugation : past  cursed ; past  curst ; ing  cursing
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

curse [kəːs]
  1. 1. vi. (swear) 诅咒
  2. 2. vt. (swear at) 诅咒
  3. 3. vt. (complain about) 咒骂
  4. 4. noun [c] (spell) 诅咒
  5. 5. noun (swearword) 咒骂的话
  6. 6. noun (scourge) 灾祸
    to curse sb for sth/for doing sth
    因某事/做某事而咒骂某人

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

curse [kɜːrs]
  1. 1. vi. 脏话骂骂咧咧
    He cursed loudly as he fell knee-deep into the mud and water.
    当他跌落进齐膝的泥水里的时候大声咒骂
  2. 2. vt. 咒骂,用淫秽语骂
    He cursed his friend under his breath for even convincing him to go.
    甚至为了他的朋友劝他走,就低声咒骂别人
    The taxi driver who felt he didn't get a high enough tip cursed the passenger.
    这名出租车司机觉得没有得到足够多的小费因此乘客开骂。
  3. 3. vt. 诅咒乞求降灾于
    She had been cursed by the witch after stealing some bread.
    她偷面包以后,就被这个巫婆诅咒了。
    The bad witch cursed the child.
    这个恶婆咒骂孩子
  4. 4. vt. 将……逐出教会
    He was not only excommunicated but cursed by the church.
    不但开除教籍而且教堂逐出教会
  5. 5. n.[c] 咒骂,骂人话
    Her never used a curse when he spoke to her.
    他和她说话时候从来不说脏话
  6. 6. n.[c] 诅咒
    Cattle wore collars of rowan wood to protect them from spells and curses.
    家畜戴着山梨木项圈以免受咒语诅咒伤害
  7. 7. n.[c] 魔咒,妖法邪恶咒语
    So he put a curse on the house.
    因此,他对这所房子下了咒语
  8. 8. n.[c] 灾难灾害
    The pain in my leg is the curse of my life.
    腿疼是我生活中的灾难
  9. 9. n.[c] 祸根痛苦原因
    He tried to help those who are under the curse of drug addiction.
    试图帮助那些毒瘾祸害的人。
  10. 10. n.[c] [Slang] 月经行经

Collins English-English Dictionary

curse [k3ːs]
  1. 1. n a profane or obscene expression of anger, disgust, surprise, etc; oath
  2. 2. n an appeal to a supernatural power for harm to come to a specific person, group, etc
  3. 3. n harm resulting from an appeal to a supernatural power
    to be under a curse
  4. 4. n something that brings or causes great trouble or harm
  5. 5. n a saying, charm, effigy, etc, used to invoke a curse
  6. 6. n an ecclesiastical censure of excommunication
  7. 7. vi. [intr] to utter obscenities or oaths
  8. 8. vt. [tr] to abuse (someone) with obscenities or oaths
  9. 9. vt. [tr] to invoke supernatural powers to bring harm to (someone or something)
  10. 10. vt. [tr] to bring harm upon
  11. 11. vt. another word for excommunicate
  12. 12. vt. [Etymology] Old English cursian to curse, from curs a curse

Examples

to curse sb for sth/for doing sth
因某事/做某事而咒骂某人
So he put a curse on the house.
因此,他对这所房子下了咒语。
He tried to help those who are under the curse of drug addiction.
他试图帮助那些受毒瘾祸害的人。
I didn't used to curse or swear at all.
我从来不骂骂咧咧,也不诅咒别人。
I have asked you repeatedly not to curse in my presence.
我已要求你不要在我面前重复咒骂。
He uttered a curse.
他破口大骂。

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