柯林斯詞典curiosity /?kj??r???s?t?/ (curiosities) 1. N-UNCOUNT Curiosity is a desire to know about something. 好奇心 Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else. 賴爾接受更多是出於好奇心而不是別的原因。 ...enthusiasm and genuine curiosity about the past. …對(duì)過(guò)去的熱情和真正的好奇。2. N-COUNT A curiosity is something that is unusual, interesting, and fairly rare. 奇珍異寶 There is much to see in the way of castles, curiosities, and museums. 那裡有許多可看的城堡、奇珍異寶和博物館。 返回 curiosity劍橋詞典 curiosity noun (INTEREST) [ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒(méi)有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] an eager wish to know or learn about something 好奇心;求知欲 to arouse /excite /satisfy someone's curiosity 引起/激發(fā)/滿足某人的好奇心 I'm burning with curiosity - you must tell me who won ! 我心急火燎地想知道——你一定要告訴我是誰(shuí)贏了! She decided to call her ex-boyfriend out of curiosity. 她出於好奇決定給以前的男友打電話。 "Why do you ask ?" "Oh, just idle curiosity (= for no particular reason )." “你爲(wèi)什幺要問(wèn)?”“哦,不過(guò)是好奇而已?!? curiosity noun (STRANGE OBJECT) [ 可數(shù)名詞:有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] something that is interesting because it is rare and unusual 奇品,珍品;新奇罕有的事物 Cars like mine are curiosities nowadays . 像我擁有的這種車(chē)如今實(shí)屬罕見(jiàn)了。 I kept this old pot for its curiosity value (= the interest it has because it is unusual ). 我畱著這個(gè)舊罐子,因爲(wèi)它很特別。 習(xí)語(yǔ)curiosity killed the cat 返回 curiosity