| 释义 |
curse
noun- the bleed period of the menstrual cycle US, 1930 Used with “the.”
- I’ve got the curse. But call me again. — James T. Farrell, Rendezvous, p. 139, 1955
- She hadn’t had the curse in months–all she needed was a change-of-life kid. — Jacqueline Susann, Valley of the Dolls, p. 232, 1966
- — Collin Baker et al., College Undergraduate Slang Study Conducted at Brown University, p. 102, 1968
- And was surprised when she told him she was going to call in and say she was in bed with the curse. — Elmore Leonard, Swag, pp. 115–16, 1976
- I was praying all these past four days I wouldn’t get the curse. I’m overdue. — Elmore Leonard, Switch, p. 158, 1978
- — The Museum of Menstruation and Women’s Health, April 2002
- a swagman’s bundle of personal effects, a swag AUSTRALIA, 1921
Variants are “curse of Cain” and “curse of God.”
▶ carry the curse; hump the curse
to go on the tramp AUSTRALIA
After CURSE— Sidney J. Baker, The Drum, 1959 |