Novelty Noun Interesting Unusual Quality Cheap Small N
Novelty is a noun that can refer to newness or uniqueness (uncountable) or a new and interesting thing (countable). It can also mean a small, inexpensive decorative item or toy (countable).
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]新奇性;新颖Novelty is the quality of being different, new, and unusual.
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In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.
在当代西方社会,快速变化的时尚迎合了人们追求新奇和个性的需求。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]新奇的事物 A novelty is something that is new and therefore interesting.
Seeing people queuing for food was a novelty...
看到人们排队买食品是件新鲜事。
It came from the days when a motor car was a novelty.
这要从轿车还是新鲜玩意儿那会儿说起。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]廉价小饰物;小玩意Novelties are cheap toys, ornaments, or other objects that are sold as presents or souvenirs.
At Easter, we give them plastic eggs filled with small toys, novelties and coins.
复活节时,我们给他们分发塑料彩蛋,里面装着小玩具、新颖的小玩意儿和硬币。
Oxford
nov·elty/ˈnɒvlti; NAmEˈnɑːvlti/
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noveltynoveltiesnoun(pluralnov·elties)1[uncountable ]the quality of being new, different and interesting 新奇;新颖;新鲜◆It was fun working there at first but the novelty soon wore off(= it became boring).开始的时候在那里工作很有趣,但这股新鲜劲很快就过去了。◆There's a certain novelty valuein this approach. 这种方法有一定的新意。2[countable ]a thing, person or situation that is interesting because it is new, unusual or has not been known before 新奇的事物(或人、环境)◆Electric cars are still something of a novelty.电动汽车仍然是一种新鲜玩意儿。3[countable ]a small cheap object sold as a toy or a decorative object 廉价小饰物;小玩意儿adjective[only before noun ]different and unusual; intended to be amusing and to catch people's attention 新奇的;风格独特的◆a novelty teapot新颖独特的茶壶nov·elty/ˈnɒvlti; NAmEˈnɑːvlti/
1[uncountable] the quality of being new, unusual, and interestingnovelty of the novelty of the ideas Many toys have no attraction beyond their novelty value. It was fun for a while, but the novelty wore off (=it became boring).2[countable] something new and unusual which attracts people’s attention and interest: Then the Internet was still something of a novelty.3[countable] an unusual small cheap object, often given as a present: a selection of novelties and t-shirts a novelty key-ringCOLLOCATIONS– Meanings 1 & 2verbsbe a novelty· At that time, air travel was still a novelty to many people.the novelty wears off (=something stops seeming new and interesting)· Once the novelty had worn off he didn't play with his train set much.phrasesbe something of a novelty (=seem quite new and different)· At that time, cars were still something of a novelty.be quite a novelty (=seem quite new and different)· In the 1970s, a woman sports reporter was quite a novelty.the added novelty of something· You can attend the recording of the show, and get the added novelty of watching a radio programme being made.adjectivessheer novelty (=used when emphasizing how new and different something seems)· Few pieces of music can match the sheer novelty of Sibelius's Sixth Symphony.novelty + NOUNnovelty value (=the extra interest that something receives because it is new)· The car still sells well, though the novelty value has worn off.a novelty act (=a performance that is unusual and different)· Mike Michaels the Mechanical Magician was one of the best novelty acts I've seen.
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新奇的经验(67%),小装饰(33%)
n.新奇;新奇的事物;新颖小巧而廉价的物品
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