- [countable]
a rude or offensive word or phrase that some people use when they are very angry synonym oath, swear word咒罵語;罵人話 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- muffled
- loud
- mutter
- let out
- utter
- …
- word
- [countable]
a word or phrase that has a magic power to make something bad happen 咒;咒語 The family thought that they were under a curse. 這家人認爲他們受人詛咒而遭了殃。 The witch is supposed to have put a curse on the house. 人們認爲巫婆對這幢房子念了咒。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ancient
- evil
- terrible
- …
- utter
- place
- put
- …
- under a curse
- curse on
- curse upon
- …
- [countable]
something that causes harm or evil 禍根;禍端;禍水 - the curse[singular] (old-fashioned, informal)
menstruation (= the process or time of menstruating) 詛咒
Word OriginOld English, of unknown origin.