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单词 curious
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curious

UK /ˈkjʊəriəs/

DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    someone who is curious wants to find out about something

    I didn’t mean to pry. I’m just curious. That’s all.

    curious about:

    Children are curious about animals and how they live.

    curious to see/hear/know something:

    People were curious to know why the accident happened.

    Synonyms and related words

    Asking a lot of questions and wanting to know things
    1. 1a
      used about someone’s expression
      a curious look/glance:

      She shot him a quick, curious look.

      Synonyms and related words

      Words used to describe facial expressions
  2. 2
    unusual and interesting

    a set of curious kitchen implements

    He felt a curious mixture of happiness and fear.

    it is curious that:

    It is rather curious that you’ve never mentioned this before.

    Synonyms and related words

    Unusual in an interesting way
  3. 3

    curiouser and curiouser

    used for saying that something is very strange and you can’t understand it; from a phrase said by Alice, the heroine of the children’s story Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
    The story just gets curiouser and curiouser.
    Submitted from:
    United Kingdom on 04/07/2016

curious

US /ˈkjʊriəs/

DEFINITIONS3
  1. 1
    someone who is curious wants to find out about something

    I didn’t mean to pry. I’m just curious. That’s all.

    curious about:

    Children are curious about animals and how they live.

    curious to see/hear/know something:

    People were curious to know why the accident happened.

    Synonyms and related words

    Asking a lot of questions and wanting to know things
    1. 1a
      used about someone’s expression
      a curious look/glance:

      She shot him a quick, curious look.

      Synonyms and related words

      Words used to describe facial expressions
  2. 2
    unusual and interesting

    a set of curious kitchen implements

    He felt a curious mixture of happiness and fear.

    it is curious that:

    It is curious that you’ve never mentioned this before.

    Synonyms and related words

    Unusual in an interesting way
  3. 3

    curiouser and curiouser

    used for saying that something is very strange and you can’t understand it; from a phrase said by Alice, the heroine of the children’s story Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
    The story just gets curiouser and curiouser.
    Submitted from:
    United Kingdom on 04/07/2016
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