curse

英 [k??s] 美[k?s]

近義詞swear

反義詞

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復(fù)數(shù):?curses;第三人稱單數(shù):?curses;過去式:?cursed;過去分詞:?cursed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?cursing;

1. 克死.
2.【例】Our tribe is under a curse.我們的部族正遭天譴。
3.【助記】諧音(克死)—詛罵

curse 詛咒

詞源不詳。

curse: curse: [OE] Curse first appeared in late Old English (in the early 11th century) as curs. It has no known linguistic relatives, and it is not clear where it comes from. Perhaps the most plausible suggestion is that it was borrowed from Old French curuz ‘a(chǎn)nger’ (which probably came from the verb *corruptiāre, a Vulgar Latin derivative of Latin corrumpere ‘destroy’ – source of English corrupt), and that curse itself therefore originally meant ‘a(chǎn)nger, wrath’. The colloquial alteration cuss dates from the 18th century.
=> corrupt, rupture
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.

1. Apathy is the long-standing curse of British local democracy.: 冷漠是英國地方民主制度長期以來難以推廣的禍根。

2. Joanna heard him bump into the table and curse again.: 喬安娜聽見他撞到了桌子上，又罵罵咧咧的。

4. They began to curse and shout in a babble of languages.: 他們開始用不同的語言嘰里咕嚕地謾罵吵嚷起來。