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单词 curiosity
释义

curiosity

UK /ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti/

Word Forms

singularcuriosity
pluralcuriosities

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    singular/uncountable a strong feeling of wanting to find out about something
    curiosity about:

    All children have a certain curiosity about sexual matters.

    out of curiosity (=because of curiosity):

    Just out of curiosity, where were you last night?

    idle curiosity (=wanting to know something for no specific reason):

    ‘Why do you want to know?’ ‘Oh, just idle curiosity.’

    Synonyms and related words

    Asking a lot of questions and wanting to know things
  2. 2
    countable something unusual and interesting
    Synonyms and related words

    Special, unusual or exciting things, events and people

phrases

curiosity killed the cat

curiosity

US /ˌkjʊriˈɑsəti/

Word Forms

singularcuriosity
pluralcuriosities

DEFINITIONS2
  1. 1
    singular/uncountable a strong feeling of wanting to find out about something
    curiosity about:

    All children have a certain curiosity about sexual matters.

    out of curiosity (=because of curiosity):

    Just out of curiosity, where were you last night?

    idle curiosity (=wanting to know something for no specific reason):

    “Why do you want to know?” “Oh, just idle curiosity.”

    Synonyms and related words

    Asking a lot of questions and wanting to know things
  2. 2
    countable something unusual and interesting
    Synonyms and related words

    Special, unusual or exciting things, events and people

phrases

curiosity killed the cat
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