真的被下了咒
這一家最貼近字面：咒是真的存在的，只是來源不同。
adjective · C1
Suffering because a god has punished you. This use belongs to stories, poems, and other literary writing.
受神明懲罰的；遭天譴的
核心畫面
One way to hold this word: a curse has been laid on someone, and it does not wash off. It travels with them, or with the thing they are carrying, and harm keeps arriving. Every other use borrows that picture — sometimes seriously, and very often as a joke.
可以想成：有人被下了咒，而那個咒洗不掉。它跟著人走，或跟著手上那樣東西走，倒楣的事就一件一件來。其他幾個意思都在借這…更多收起
可以想成：有人被下了咒，而那個咒洗不掉。它跟著人走，或跟著手上那樣東西走，倒楣的事就一件一件來。其他幾個意思都在借這張圖——有時候是認真的，更多時候是拿來開玩笑。From the word’s history
Middle English cursed, curst, equivalent to curse + -ed.
中古英文寫作 cursed、curst、cursyd，等於 curse（詛咒）加上 -ed，所以它從一開始就是「被下了咒的」這個畫面。
Wiktionary entry supplied in the evidence packet (etymology_text: From Middle English cursed, cursd, curst, corsed, curset, cursyd, equivalent to curse + -ed).
Four branches
像被下咒一樣甩不掉
把咒的那種黏性留下來，超自然的部分拿掉，就成了這個日常用法。
adjective · B2
If a person, place, or group is cursed with or by something, they have a bad thing that keeps causing them trouble and that they cannot get rid of.
深受…所苦；擺脫不掉
拿咒來罵、來表達不爽
咒在這裡只剩下語氣，變成一句很輕的髒話。
adjective · C1
Used before a noun to show that you are annoyed with something. It is a mild swear word and it sounds old-fashioned today.
該死的；討厭的
看起來就邪門
咒退到觀感層面：東西本身沒事，是看的人心裡毛毛的。
adjective · B2
Frightening or strange in a way that leaves you uneasy, often said as a joke. It is used mostly online, about pictures, videos, and other things people share.
詭異的；邪門的（網路用語）
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cursedadj/ˈkɜːsɪd/
- 1
Under some divine harm, malady, or other curse.
- 2
obsoleteShrewish, ill-tempered (often applied to women).
- Leonato By my troth neece thou wilt neuer get thee a huſband, if thou be ſo ſhrewd of thy tongue. / brother Infaith ſhees too curſt. / Beatrice Too curſt is more then curſt, I ſhall leſſen Gods ſending that way, for it is ſaide, God ſends a curſt cow ſhort hornes, but to a cow too curſt, he ſends none.
- 3
hateful; damnable; accursed
- That cursed bird keeps stealing my milk!
- 4
Frightening or unsettling, or humorously portrayed as such.
- “Cursed images, to me, leave you with a general uneasy feeling,” the account’s [@cursedimages] anonymous author told Gizmodo. “There could be certain qualities, like someone looking directly at the camera or an orb floating in the background.”
cursedadv
- 1
datedslangDamnably; awfully.
- I intended handing you the crown, but when I got here and realized how cursed unpleasant it might be I funked it. I decided to send the damned thing back by post without a word.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。