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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   curse

   • IPA[kərs]

   美式

   • n.
     a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something；a cause of harm or misery
   • v.
     invoke or use a curse against；be afflicted with

   • verb: curse, 3rd person present: curses, gerund or present participle: cursing, past tense: cursed, past participle: cursed

   • noun: curse, plural noun: curses

2. • 釋義
   • 相關詞

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something she'd put a curse on him 同義詞 malediction, the evil eye, imprecation, execration, voodoo, ... 更多hoodoo, anathema, excommunication, hex, cess, informaljinx, archaicmalison, ban
   • ▪ a cause of harm or misery impatience is the curse of our day and age 同義詞 evil, blight, scourge, plague, cancer, ... 更多canker, poison, affliction, burden, cross to bear, bane, bitter pill, misfortune, misery, ordeal, trial, tribulation, torment, trouble, problem反義詞 blessing, advantage
   • ▪ informal menstruation.
   • 2. a coarse or blasphemous word or phrase used to express anger or other strong emotion his mouth was spitting vile oaths and curses 同義詞 swear word, expletive, oath, profanity, four-letter word, ... 更多dirty word, obscenity, imprecation, blasphemy, vulgarism, vulgarity, swearing, bad/foul language, strong language, informalcuss, cuss word

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. invoke or use a curse against it often seemed as if the family had been cursed 同義詞 put a curse on, put the evil eye on, execrate, imprecate, hoodoo, ... 更多anathematize, excommunicate, damn, hex, informalput a jinx on, jinx, rareaccurse
   • ▪ be afflicted with many owners have been cursed with a series of bankruptcies 同義詞 be afflicted with, be troubled by, be plagued with, suffer from, be burdened with, ... 更多be blighted with, be bedeviled by反義詞 be blessed with
   • 2. use coarse or blasphemous language to express anger or other strong emotion he cursed loudly as he burned his hand drivers were cursing and sounding their horns 同義詞 swear, utter profanities, utter oaths, use bad/foul language, be foul-mouthed, ... 更多blaspheme, be blasphemous, take the Lord's name in vain, swear like a trooper, damn, informalcuss, turn the air blue, eff and blind, archaicexecrate
   • ▪ address or think of in an angry way I cursed myself for my carelessness I toss in sweaty discomfort and curse the lack of air conditioning

   cursed

   • adj.
     used to express annoyance or irritation: his cursed tidy-mindedness

   Oxford Dictionary

   cursed

   • adj.
     used to express annoyance or irritation: he didn't whine about his cursed fate

   Oxford American Dictionary

   not give a tinker's curse (or cuss or damn)

   • ph.
     not care at all

   Oxford Dictionary

3. • 更多解釋

   curse

   • IPA[kəːs]

   英式

   • n.
     a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on ... she'd put a curse on him
   • v.
     invoke or use a curse against: it often seemed as if the family had been cursed

   Oxford Dictionary