curse
curse 英 [kɜ:s] 美 [kɜrs]
n. 诅咒，咒语；咒骂 v. 诅咒；咒骂
进行时:cursing 过去式:cursed 过去分词:cursed 第三人称单数:curses 名词复数:curses
- When you curse, you say words you wouldn't want your mother or your priest to hear you saying. A curse can also be wishing something awful on someone, like the witch who puts a curse on Sleeping Beauty.
- 请先登录
- n. 诅咒，咒语；咒骂
- v. 诅咒；咒骂
-
1. He muttered a curse at the other driver.
他低声咒骂另一位开车的人。
-
2. The family thought that they were under a curse.
这家人认为他们受人诅咒而遭了殃。
-
3. the curse of drug addiction
吸毒成瘾的祸害
-
4. Noise is a curse of modern city life.
噪音是现代城市生活的一大祸根。
-
5. He hit his head as he stood up and cursed loudly.
他站起来时撞了头，便破口大骂。
-
6. She cursed her bad luck.
她骂自己运气不好。
- curse (n.) late Old English curs "a prayer that evil or harm befall one," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old French curuz "anger," or Latin cursus "course." Connection with cross is unlikely. No similar word exists in Germanic, Romance, or Celtic. Curses as a histrionic exclamation is from 1885. The curse "menstruation" is from 1930. Curse of Scotland, the 9 of diamonds in cards, is attested from 1791, but the origin is obscure.
- curse (v.) Old English cursian, from the source of curse (n.). Meaning "to swear profanely" is from early 13c. Related: Cursed; cursing.
- 请先登录
0 个回复