curiosity
curiosity
英[ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti]美[ˌkjʊriˈɑːsəti]
n.好奇心，求知欲，奇物，珍品；
复数：curiosities;
例句
The children are dying of curiosity to see what's in the parcel.孩子们出于好奇, 迫不及待地想看看包裹中是什么东西。
He looked on me with curiosity.他好奇地凝视着我。
I don't know why I asked—just idle curiosity.我不知道我为什么问这问题——只是出于无意义的好奇心吧。
They were lured by a curiosity to see the historic spot.他们被好奇心驱使去看古迹。
She is so eccentric that she is regarded as a bit of a curiosity.她非常古怪, 算是个奇人。
We’re all dying of curiosity—come on, tell us what happened!我们都快好奇死了，快点告诉我们发生了什么事！
This old map is quite a curiosity.这张旧地图的确是件珍品。
He gave in to curiosity and opened my letter.他抑制不住好奇心, 拆开了我的信。
His curiosity has bated.他的好奇心已减弱了。
The boy was all aflame with curiosity.小男孩因为好奇而激动得了不得。
英语六级真题
They point to the growing curiosity of TV viewers.
出自-2016年6月阅读原文It aims at stimulating the intellectual curiosity of college students.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Out of curiosity, I paid a visit to Sainz Breeze as I put my hand into a packet of crickets with their tiny eyes and legs.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section B柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-UNCOUNT
好奇心;求知欲
Curiosity is a desire to know about something.
例句
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N-COUNT
罕见而有趣之物;奇物;珍品
A curiosity is something that is unusual, interesting, and fairly rare.
例句
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。英汉词典释义
n.
好奇心, 爱打听的癖性,求知欲
He gave in to curiosity and opened my letter.他抑制不住好奇心, 拆开了我的信。奇人, 奇物, 珍品,罕见而有趣之物
This old map is quite a curiosity.这张旧地图的确是件珍品。英英词典释义
Noun
1. a state in which you want to learn more about something
2. something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
行业词典
心理学： 好奇心；
