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curiosity n.好奇心；好奇；稀奇的人或物 (1) 那孩子有好奇心，这是好现象。(2) 她产生了好奇心。(3) 我只好解释原因来满足他的好奇心。(4) 谣言引起了她的好奇心。(5) 我只是出于好奇，请问你买这辆车花了多少钱？(6) 好奇是儿童的天性。(7) 那副木制旧滑雪板是珍奇之物。(8) 她非常古怪，算是个奇人。 Curiosity is the state of being curious: inquisitive, wondering, ready to poke around and figure something out. The word used to mean "very, very careful," and only in the last few hundred years turned into a word expressing the desire to know more. Maybe that's because when you're poking around in secret business, you need to be very, very careful. We also call weird things curiosities, like a phone shaped like a duck, or a shark in a jar.

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英 [ˌkjʊəri'ɒsəti] 美 [ˌkjʊri'ɑːsəti] (1) The child showed a healthy curiosity.(2) Her curiosity was piqued.(3) I had to explain the reasons to satisfy his curiosity.(4) The rumors excite her curiosity.(5) Just to satisfy my curiosity, how much did you pay for your car?(6) Curiosity is part of the children's nature.(7) The old wooden skis are a curiosity.(8) She is so eccentric that she is regarded as a bit of a curiosity. Curiosity is the urge you feel to know more about something. If you find a diary in a coffee shop, curiosity makes you want to look inside, but respect of privacy compels you not to. 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；

英语单词	curiosity
英美音标	英 [ˌkjʊəri'ɒsəti] 美 [ˌkjʊri'ɑːsəti]
中文释义	n.好奇心；好奇；稀奇的人或物
英语例句	(1) The child showed a healthy curiosity. (2) Her curiosity was piqued. (3) I had to explain the reasons to satisfy his curiosity. (4) The rumors excite her curiosity. (5) Just to satisfy my curiosity, how much did you pay for your car? (6) Curiosity is part of the children's nature. (7) The old wooden skis are a curiosity. (8) She is so eccentric that she is regarded as a bit of a curiosity.
中文例句	(1) 那孩子有好奇心，这是好现象。 (2) 她产生了好奇心。 (3) 我只好解释原因来满足他的好奇心。 (4) 谣言引起了她的好奇心。 (5) 我只是出于好奇，请问你买这辆车花了多少钱？ (6) 好奇是儿童的天性。 (7) 那副木制旧滑雪板是珍奇之物。 (8) 她非常古怪，算是个奇人。
vocabulary简明	Curiosity is the urge you feel to know more about something. If you find a diary in a coffee shop, curiosity makes you want to look inside, but respect of privacy compels you not to.
vocabulary扩展	Curiosity is the state of being curious: inquisitive, wondering, ready to poke around and figure something out. The word used to mean "very, very careful," and only in the last few hundred years turned into a word expressing the desire to know more. Maybe that's because when you're poking around in secret business, you need to be very, very careful. We also call weird things curiosities, like a phone shaped like a duck, or a shark in a jar.
柯林斯解释	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 ；

Curiosity Satisfy Word Desire International 英 ˌkjʊəri'ɒsəti] 美 ˌkjʊri'ɑːsəti