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cursing

[ˈkə:siŋ] 生词本

n.

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  • 英英释义

1. VERB 诅咒;咒骂 If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something. 
  • I cursed and hobbled to my feet.

    我咒骂着一瘸一拐地站起来。

  • Curse is also a noun.
    • He shot her an angry look and a curse.

      他生气地看了她一眼,骂了一句。

2. VERB 咒骂;诅咒;辱骂 If you curse someone, you say insulting things to them because you are angry with them. 
  • Grandma protested, but he cursed her and rudely pushed her aside...

    奶奶提出抗议,但他辱骂她并把她粗暴地推到一旁。

  • He cursed himself for having been so careless.

    他骂自己怎么那么不小心。

3. VERB (尤指用粗话)抱怨,发牢骚;咒骂 If you curse something, you complain angrily about it, especially using rude language. 
  • So we set off again, cursing the delay, towards the west...

    于是,我们一面抱怨延误了时间,一面又朝西出发了。

  • She silently cursed her own stupidity.

    她在心里默默地骂自己愚蠢。

4. N-COUNT 诅咒;咒语 If you say that there is a curse on someone, you mean that there seems to be a supernatural power causing unpleasant things to happen to them. 
  • Maybe there is a curse on my family...

    可能我的家族受到了诅咒。

  • He's been the object of a voodoo curse.

    他受到伏都教的诅咒。

5. N-COUNT 祸根;祸端;祸水 You can refer to something that causes a great deal of trouble or harm as a curse
  • Apathy is the long-standing curse of British local democracy...

    冷漠是英国地方民主制度长期以来难以推广的祸根。

  • Summer colds are a terrible curse.

    夏季感冒是极其糟糕的事。

Adjective

1. who is uttering obscenities;

  • "arrested the flailing cursing old man"