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novelty n.新颖,新奇,新鲜,新奇的事物 You'll often hear people talk about the novelty of a new experience — imagine the excitement and anticipation of cracking open a novel you’ve never read before to help remember the word. But novelty is also a term for a small toy or trinket, usually mass-produced. Novelty shops sell all kinds of funny knickknacks, from personalized flashlight key chains to stuffed singing hamsters. ★☆☆☆☆ 2012.3

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['nɔvəlti] Novelty is a newness or refreshing quality. Many college freshmen enjoy the novelty of living on their own — until it comes time to do that first load of laundry. Second, novelty itself frequently provokes disbelief. Nobel Laureate and physiologist Albert Azent-Gyorgyi once described discovery as “seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.” 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]新奇性；新颖 Novelty is the quality of being different, new, and unusual.   [oft the N of n]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。2[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。3[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。

英语单词	novelty
英美音标	['nɔvəlti]
中文释义	n.新颖,新奇,新鲜,新奇的事物
vocab简明	Novelty is a newness or refreshing quality. Many college freshmen enjoy the novelty of living on their own — until it comes time to do that first load of laundry.
vocab扩展	You'll often hear people talk about the novelty of a new experience — imagine the excitement and anticipation of cracking open a novel you’ve never read before to help remember the word. But novelty is also a term for a small toy or trinket, usually mass-produced. Novelty shops sell all kinds of funny knickknacks, from personalized flashlight key chains to stuffed singing hamsters.
真题原句	Second, novelty itself frequently provokes disbelief. Nobel Laureate and physiologist Albert Azent-Gyorgyi once described discovery as “seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.”
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]新奇性；新颖 Novelty is the quality of being different, new, and unusual. [oft the N of n] 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。 2 [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。 3 [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。
来源	2012.3

Novelty People Small N Count 可数名词 Toys Nɔvəlti N.新颖,新奇,新鲜,新奇的事物