curiosity
英 [ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti]
美 [ˌkjʊriˈɑːsəti]
n. 好奇心; 求知欲; 罕见而有趣之物; 奇物; 珍品
复数:curiosities
Collins.2 / BNC.5059 / COCA.4518
习惯用语
n.
- curiosity killed the cat
- 好奇心能要猫的命(让人别提问或打听与己无关的事情)
used to tell sb not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not concern them
牛津词典
noun
- 好奇心;求知欲
a strong desire to know about sth- Children show curiosity about everything.
儿童对一切事物都显露出好奇心。 - a certain curiosity to see what would happen next
想知道下一步会发生什么事的好奇心 - The letter wasn't addressed to me but I opened it out of curiosity .
那封信不是写给我的,然而我却出于好奇把它拆开了。 - His answer did not satisfy my curiosity at all.
他的答复丝毫没有满足我的好奇心。 - Sophie's curiosity was aroused by the mysterious phone call.
那个神秘的电话引起了索菲的好奇心。 - intellectual curiosity
求知欲 - ‘Why do you ask?’ ‘Oh, just idle curiosity (= no particular reason) .’
“你为什么要问?”“哦,只是好奇而已。”
- Children show curiosity about everything.
- 罕见而有趣之物;奇物;珍品
an unusual and interesting thing- The museum is full of historical curiosities.
这座博物馆有许多珍奇历史文物。
- The museum is full of historical curiosities.
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 好奇心;求知欲
Curiosityis a desire to know about something.- Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else...
赖尔更多的是出于好奇才同意的。 - ...an enthusiasm and genuine curiosity about the past...
对过去的巨大兴趣与真正的好奇 - To satisfy our own curiosity we traveled to Baltimore.
为了满足好奇心,我们去了巴尔的摩。
- Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else...
- N-COUNT 罕见而有趣之物;奇物;珍品
Acuriosityis something that is unusual, interesting, and fairly rare.- There is much to see in the way of castles, curiosities, and museums...
可以看到很多城堡、奇珍异品和博物馆。 - Reed International is a curiosity in the international world of publishing.
里德国际公司是国际出版界的一朵奇葩。
- There is much to see in the way of castles, curiosities, and museums...
- curiosity killed the cat→ see:cat
英英释义
noun
- something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
- a state in which you want to learn more about something
双语例句
- He yielded to curiosity.
他受好奇心的驱使。 - Reed International is a curiosity in the international world of publishing.
里德国际公司是国际出版界的一朵奇葩。 - She also stimulated his curiosity and opened his mind to other cultures.
她还激发了他的好奇心,使他愿意了解其他文化。 - The scandal stories satisfy people's curiosity for a few hours.
有关丑闻的报道使人们的好奇心在几个小时内得到满足。 - I am that one have a bright and cheerful disposition, full of persons of curiosity.
我是一个性格开朗,充满了好奇心的人。 - We gratified our friend's curiosity
我们满足了朋友的好奇心。 - You arouse my curiosity.
这激起了我的好奇心。 - My father's work filled me with wonder and curiosity.
父亲的工作使我充满了惊讶和好奇。 - As a gentleman himself, he thought it was only impertinent curiosity to ask where any other gentleman lived.
作为一个上等人,他认为,打听别人住在哪里是无礼的举动,是多管闲事。 - But he was bursting with curiosity, and one day he just couldn't contain himself. 'What are you going to do?' he asked
但他满心好奇,一天,他真的忍不住了。“你打算做什么?”他问道。