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单词 curiosity
释义 curiosity /ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ/ n.( 复curiosities)
1.(desire for knowledge)求知欲;好奇心

She looked at me, eyes wide open and full of curiosity.她瞪大眼睛看着我, 充满好奇。

His curiosity got the better of him.好奇心在他心里占了上风。

Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else.赖尔主要是出于好奇才同意的。

an enthusiasm and genuine curiosity about the past对过去的热忱和真正的好奇

2.(unusual thing)奇物;奇事;稀奇的事物

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。

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。

3.(curios)珍稀品;古玩

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

4.(strangeness)奇特;古怪;奇怪

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。

5.<古>(fastidiousness)挑剔;过分讲究
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