curiosity
curiosity 英 [ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti] 美 [ˌkjʊriˈɑsəti]
n. 好奇；古董，古玩
名词复数:curiosities
- Curiosity is the urge you feel to know more about something. If you find a diary in a coffee shop, curiosity will make you want to look inside — but respect for the writer's privacy may convince you not to.
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- n. 好奇；古董，古玩
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1. Children show curiosity about everything.
儿童对一切事物都显露出好奇心。
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2. a certain curiosity to see what would happen next
有点想知道下一步会发生什么事的好奇心
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3. 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。
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4. His answer did not satisfy my curiosityat all.
他的答覆丝毫没有满足我的好奇心。
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5. intellectual curiosity
求知欲
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6. The museum is full of historical curiosities.
这座博物馆有许多珍奇历史文物。
- curiosity (n.) late 14c., "careful attention to detail," also "desire to know or learn" (originally usually in a bad sense), from Old French curiosete "curiosity, avidity, choosiness" (Modern French curiosité), from Latin curiositatem (nominative curiositas) "desire of knowledge, inquisitiveness," from curiosus (see curious). Neutral or good sense is from early 17c. Meaning "an object of interest" is from 1640s.
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