| 单词 | curious |
| 释义 | curious[ kyoor-ee-uhs ] / ˈkyʊər i əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR curious ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveeager to learn or know; inquisitive. prying; meddlesome. arousing or exciting speculation, interest, or attention through being inexplicable or highly unusual; odd; strange: a curious sort of person; a curious scene. Archaic.
VIDEO FOR CURIOUSWATCH NOW: How Would You Describe Millennials In One Word?Millennials were born between the early 1980s and the mid-1990s to early 2000s. We asked 4 people from that generation to describe millennials in one word. Origin of curious1275–1325; Middle English <Latin cūriōsus careful, inquisitive, equivalent to cūri- (combining form of cūra care) + -ōsus-ous. See cure SYNONYMS FOR curious1 inquiring, interested. 2 spying, peeping. 3 singular, novel, rare. SEE SYNONYMS FOR curious ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR curious1, 2 indifferent. SEE ANTONYMS FOR curious ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for curious2. Curious, inquisitive, meddlesome, prying refer to taking an undue (and petty) interest in others' affairs. Curious implies a desire to know what is not properly one's concern: curious about a neighbor's habits. Inquisitive implies asking impertinent questions in an effort to satisfy curiosity: inquisitive about a neighbor's habits. Meddlesome implies thrusting oneself into and taking an active part in other people's affairs entirely unasked and unwelcomed: a meddlesome cousin who tries to run the affairs of a family. Prying implies a meddlesome and persistent inquiring into others' affairs: a prying reporter inquiring into the secrets of a business firm. OTHER WORDS FROM curiousWords nearby curiousCurie-Weiss law, curio, curiosa, curiosity, Curiosity killed the cat, curious, curite, Curitiba, curium, curl, curled paperwork Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for curiousBritish Dictionary definitions for curiouscurious / (ˈkjʊərɪəs) / adjectiveeager to learn; inquisitive overinquisitive; prying interesting because of oddness or novelty; strange; unexpected rare (of workmanship, etc) highly detailed, intricate, or subtle obsolete fastidious or hard to please Derived forms of curiouscuriously, adverbcuriousness, nounWord Origin for curiousC14: from Latin cūriōsus taking pains over something, from cūra care Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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