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Novelty People Small N Count 可数名词 Toys 英 Nɒvlti] 美

英语单词 novelty
英美音标 英 ['nɒvlti] 美 ['nɑːvlti]
中文释义 n.【C】新奇;小装饰
n.【U】新奇的事物;新奇的经验
英语例句 (1) The novelty of his surroundings soon wore off.
(2) The demand is for quality, variety and novelty.
(3) I bought some novelties on the boardwalk.
(4) Upon the whole the novelty attracted him.
(5) It was quite a novelty to meet someone like that.
(6) It was quite a novelty to spend my holidays working on a boat.
中文例句 (1) 他对环境的新奇感不久就淡薄了。
(2) 现在需求的是质量、花式品种和新颖性。
(3) 我在海滨人行道上买了一些新颖的小玩意儿。
(4) 总的说来,这个新奇的事物吸引着他。
(5) 碰到象那样的一个人真是一件新鲜的事。
(6) 在船上工作来度过我的假期是件相当新奇的事。
vocabulary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.
vocabulary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.
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。

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