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curiosity curiosity ★★☆☆☆/kjʊ͟əriɒ̱sɪti/1[N-UNCOUNT	不可数名词]好奇心；求知欲 Curiosity is 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。2[N-COUNT	可数名词]罕见而有趣之物；奇物；珍品 A curiosity is 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。3  curiosity killed the cat→see: cat；  curiositycu‧ri‧os‧i‧ty /ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti $ ˌkjʊriˈɑːs-/ ●●○ noun (plural curiosities)  Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1[singular, uncountable] the desire to know about something:  I opened the packet just to satisfy my curiosity. The news aroused a lot of curiosity among local people. She decided to follow him out of curiosity. Margaret looked at him with curiosity.curiosity about Children have a natural curiosity about the world around them. a man of immense intellectual curiosity It was idle curiosity that made me ask.2[countable] someone or something that is interesting because they are unusual or strange:  a house full of old maps and other curiosities In the past, men who wanted to work with children were regarded as something of a curiosity. It’s not worth much, but I kept it for its curiosity value.3curiosity killed the cat used to tell someone not to ask too many questions about somethingCOLLOCATIONSverbshave a lot of curiosity· Bright children often have a lot of curiosity.satisfy somebody's curiosity (=find out something that you want to know)· I decided to call him in order to satisfy my curiosity.arouse somebody's curiosity (=make someone want to know about something)· New people in the village always aroused our curiosity.curiosity gets the better of somebody/overcomes somebody (=makes you do something that you are trying not to do)· Curiosity got the better of me and I opened her diary.pique somebody's curiosity (=make someone want to know about something)· Something she said had piqued his curiosity.adjectivesnatural curiosity· The children are encouraged to follow their natural curiosity, and learn about what interests them.intellectual curiosity· Highly intelligent people are full of intellectual curiosity.scientific curiosity (=about scientific things)· Their scientific curiosity led to the development of the vaccine.idle curiosity (=wanting to know something for no particular reason)· Out of idle curiosity, I looked out of the window.open curiosity (=that you do not try to hide)· The children were staring at her with open curiosity.great/intense curiosity· His disappearance had obviously aroused great curiosity.insatiable curiosity (=used when someone is always curious)· He had an insatiable curiosity about why people do the things they do.mild curiosity (=not great)· I watched what was happening with mild curiosity.morbid curiosity (=a feeling of wanting to know about death or other bad things that happen)· the morbid curiosity of the onlookers at the trialphrasesbe burning with curiosity (=want to know about something very much)· She was burning with curiosity about him, but was too polite to ask.be an object/a subject of curiosity (=be something or someone that makes people curious)· Anyone new was always the object of our curiosity.curiosity + NOUNcuriosity value (=the quality or advantage of being something that people want to know about)· When the shop was new it had curiosity value.

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Collins	curiosity ★★☆☆☆ /kjʊ͟əriɒ̱sɪti/ 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]好奇心；求知欲 Curiosity is 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。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]罕见而有趣之物；奇物；珍品 A curiosity is 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。 3 curiosity killed the cat→see: cat ；
Oxford	curi·os·ity / ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti ; NAmE ˌkjʊriˈɑːsəti / noun ( plural curi·os·ities ) 1 [uncountable , singular ] curiosity(about sth) \| curiosity(to do sth) a strong desire to know about sth 好奇心；求知欲 ◆ 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 有点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 curiosityat all. 他的答覆丝毫没有满足我的好奇心。 ◆ Sophie's curiosity was arousedby 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，没什么，好奇而已。” 2 [countable ] an unusual and interesting thing 罕见而有趣之物；奇物；珍品 ◆ The museum is full of historical curiosities. 这座博物馆有许多珍奇历史文物。 IDIOM curiosity killed the ˈcat ( saying) used to tell sb not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not concern them 好奇心能要猫的命（让人别提问或打听与己无关的事情）；好管闲事；自找麻烦 curiosity curiosities curi·os·ity / ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti ; NAmE ˌkjʊriˈɑːsəti /
LDC	curiositycu‧ri‧os‧i‧ty /ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti $ ˌkjʊriˈɑːs-/ ●●○ noun (plural curiosities) Examples Thesaurus Collocations Phrases 1[singular, uncountable] the desire to know about something: I opened the packet just to satisfy my curiosity. The news aroused a lot of curiosity among local people. She decided to follow him out of curiosity. Margaret looked at him with curiosity.curiosity about Children have a natural curiosity about the world around them. a man of immense intellectual curiosity It was idle curiosity that made me ask.2[countable] someone or something that is interesting because they are unusual or strange: a house full of old maps and other curiosities In the past, men who wanted to work with children were regarded as something of a curiosity. It’s not worth much, but I kept it for its curiosity value.3curiosity killed the cat used to tell someone not to ask too many questions about somethingCOLLOCATIONSverbshave a lot of curiosity· Bright children often have a lot of curiosity.satisfy somebody's curiosity (=find out something that you want to know)· I decided to call him in order to satisfy my curiosity.arouse somebody's curiosity (=make someone want to know about something)· New people in the village always aroused our curiosity.curiosity gets the better of somebody/overcomes somebody (=makes you do something that you are trying not to do)· Curiosity got the better of me and I opened her diary.pique somebody's curiosity (=make someone want to know about something)· Something she said had piqued his curiosity.adjectivesnatural curiosity· The children are encouraged to follow their natural curiosity, and learn about what interests them.intellectual curiosity· Highly intelligent people are full of intellectual curiosity.scientific curiosity (=about scientific things)· Their scientific curiosity led to the development of the vaccine.idle curiosity (=wanting to know something for no particular reason)· Out of idle curiosity, I looked out of the window.open curiosity (=that you do not try to hide)· The children were staring at her with open curiosity.great/intense curiosity· His disappearance had obviously aroused great curiosity.insatiable curiosity (=used when someone is always curious)· He had an insatiable curiosity about why people do the things they do.mild curiosity (=not great)· I watched what was happening with mild curiosity.morbid curiosity (=a feeling of wanting to know about death or other bad things that happen)· the morbid curiosity of the onlookers at the trialphrasesbe burning with curiosity (=want to know about something very much)· She was burning with curiosity about him, but was too polite to ask.be an object/a subject of curiosity (=be something or someone that makes people curious)· Anyone new was always the object of our curiosity.curiosity + NOUNcuriosity value (=the quality or advantage of being something that people want to know about)· When the shop was new it had curiosity value.
WDF	curiosity [ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti] CET4CET6TEM4考研TOEFL n4559 6129 511 2432 1260 736 1190 NOUN6077 134546 Spoken: 38317323 curiosities[202] 好奇(60%)，好奇心(39%)，稀奇的人或物(1%) n.好奇，好奇心；珍品，古董，古玩

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