curiosity

[.kjuəri'ɔsiti]

n.好奇心, 好奇, 稀奇的人或物

n.

1. 好奇心[U][S1][(+about)][+to-v]

We burned with curiosity over what was in the box.

我们急切地想知道箱子里是什么东西。

2. 奇品; 珍品, 古玩[C]

The old wooden skis are a curiosity.

那副木制旧滑雪板是珍奇之物。

词形变化

名词复数: curiosities |

词义辨析

同义:

n.好奇心, 兴趣

inquisitiveness  acquisitiveness  querying  questioning  interest  concern

n.爱打听, 干涉别人事情的癖好

intrusiveness  officiousness  meddlesomeness  meddling  business  interference  interfering  intermeddling  prying  intruding  obtrusiveness  snooping  peeping  eavesdropping  nosiness

n.奇特性

peculiarity  idiosyncrasy  idiocrasy  eccentricity  aberrance  aberrancy

n.珍品, 奇人, 引起好奇心的事物

curio  oddity  rarity  novelty  freak  wonder  marvel  miracle  phenomenon  prodigy  spectacle  sight  eye-opener  conversation piece  object d'art  bibelot  

同义参见:

abnormality  free spirit  

反义:

n.好奇心

indifference  unconcern  incuriosity  

英英释义

名词 curiosity:

a state in which you want to learn more about something

同义词：wonder

something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting

同义词：curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity

补充

curiositycuriosity英:[ˌkjuəriˈɔsiti] 美:[ˌkjʊriˈɑsɪti]n.1.好奇心, 爱打听的癖性He gave in to curiosity and opened my letter.他抑制不住好奇心, 拆开了我的信。2.奇人, 奇物, 珍品This old map is quite a curiosity.这张旧地图的确是件珍品。

例句

1. She looked at me, eyes wide open and full of curiosity.她瞪大眼睛看着我, 充满好奇。 2. His curiosity got the better of him.好奇心在他心里占了上风。 3. Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else.赖尔主要是出于好奇才同意的。 4. an enthusiasm and genuine curiosity about the past对过去的热忱和真正的好奇 5. There is much to see in the way of castles, curiosities, and museums.有很多城堡、奇珍异品和博物馆可以参观。 6. Dr Engelmann had filed the scrap of wild vine away as a curiosity.恩格尔曼博士将这一段野藤蔓存档, 视为珍宝。 7. little curiosities that my grandfather had collected on his travels我祖父在旅行途中收集的一些稀罕的小玩意儿 8. The curiosity of the object is very great, if not perhaps sufficient to warrant the effort that went into obtaining it.这件物品非常稀奇, 就算没那么稀奇, 费这么大的力气得到它可能也是值得的。 9. filled with curiosity, she peered through the window.她满心好奇地透过窗户看着。 10. he showed them some of the curiosities of the house.他向他们展示屋内的一些珍品。 11. I was full of curiosity about their plans.我们对他们的计划充满好奇。 12. The museum was full of historical curiosities.博物馆里陈列着大批历代珍品。 13. Her natural curiosity led her to ask more questions.天生的好奇心驱使她又问了一些问题。 14. The arrival of a construction crew at their house attracted/sparked/aroused the curiosity of their neighbors.一群建筑工人来到他们家，这吸引/引发/引起了邻居们的好奇。 15. The movie failed to satisfy her curiosity about the assassination.这部电影没能满足她对那起暗杀事件的好奇心。 16. intellectual curiosity求知欲 17. He went into the store out of curiosity. [=because he was curious to see what was in the store]出于好奇，他走进了那家商店。 18. Tobacco was once a curiosity in Europe.烟草在欧洲曾一度是稀罕物。 19. The antique shop was full of curiosities.那家古董店里有许多珍奇玩意儿。