- [countable]
a rude or offensive word or phrase that some people use when they are very angry synonym oath, swear word咒骂语;骂人话 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。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- ancient
- evil
- terrible
- …
- utter
- place
- put
- …
- under a curse
- curse on
- curse upon
- …
- [countable]
something that causes harm or evil 祸根;祸端;祸水 - the curse[singular] (old-fashioned, informal)
menstruation (= the process or time of menstruating) 诅咒
Word OriginOld English, of unknown origin.