Word · Frequency #19491
cuss
/kʌs/
noun
脏话；骂人的话
an offensive or obscene word, often said in anger or surprise
- 1.
a boy or man
男孩或男人
- 2.
profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger
通常表示惊讶或愤怒的亵渎或粗俗表达
- 3.
a persistently annoying person
持续烦人的人
讨厌鬼；烦人的家伙；家伙；小伙子；男孩或男人；通常表示惊讶或愤怒的亵渎或粗俗表达；持续烦人的人
In use
Don't be such a cuss; nobody wants to work with someone who complains all the time.
He's a tough old cuss who has lived in the woods for twenty years.
She let out a loud cuss after she accidentally hit her thumb with the hammer.
Connections
Collocations
- old cuss
- 老家伙；老顽固
- That old cuss next door complains about everything.隔壁那个老家伙对什么都要抱怨。
- ornery cuss
- 坏脾气的家伙；难缠的人
- He's a mean old ornery cuss, but he has a good heart.他是个脾气很坏的老人，但心地善良。
- cuss word
- 脏话；骂人的话
- My grandmother never uses a cuss word.我奶奶从不说脏话。
Idioms & figurative uses
- cuss word
- 脏话；骂人的话He slipped a cuss word into his speech.他在演讲中不小心说了句脏话。
- old cuss
- 难缠的老家伙；讨厌的老头That old cuss next door complained about the music again.隔壁那个难缠的老家伙又抱怨音乐了。
- not give a tinker's cuss
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 cuss 想成“克死”：咒骂“克死你”就是 cuss，既指脏话，也指那个讨厌的家伙。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常口语、非正式场合、老式小说或怀旧叙述 cuss 作名词时属于非正式用词，通常用于日常口语，多指骂人的话或讨厌的人；在较老式的表达中也指家伙。正式书面语中一般不用。
Grammar Note
非正式用语，可指令人讨厌的人或家伙。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Genuine rhymes for 'cuss' include bus, fuss, plus, thus, and pus (all end with /ʌs/). Beware lookalikes such as 'curse' (/kɜːrs/), 'case' (/keɪs/), and 'cute' (/kjuːt/), which look similar in spelling but sound completely different.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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