curiosity
音标发音
- 英式音标 [kjʊərɪ'ɒsɪtɪˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti]
- 美式音标 [ˌkjʊr.iˈɑː.sə.t̬i]
- 国际音标 [,kjuri'ɔsiti]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.好奇心;好奇;稀奇的人或物
词根记忆
- cur(关心) + iosity→“家事,国事,天下事,事事关心”→好奇心
- cur(注意) + ios + ity→多加注意→好奇心
- curio(古董) + sity→对罕见的古董充满了好奇心→好奇;古董
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- curious:好奇的,有求知欲的;古怪的;爱挑剔的。
- adv性质的同根词
- curiously:好奇地。
- n性质的同根词
- curio:古董;珍品。
- curiousness:好学;好奇;不寻常。
- curiosa:珍品;奇品;黄色书刊。
用法辨析
- curiosity的基本意思是“好奇心”,指的是个体遇到新奇事物或处在新的外界条件下所产生的注意、操作、提问的心理倾向,如渴望知道事情为何已经发生或正在发生,但不一定具有冒昧、鲁莽等令人不快的性质。curiosity作此解时是不可数名词,但有时可用不定冠词a修饰。
- curiosity引申可指“珍品;古董;奇异的物或事”,这时是可数名词。
n. (名词)
英汉例句
- My curiosity was fully aroused.
我的好奇心被充分激发了起来。 - As the only girl who played football for the school team, she was quite a curiosity.
她是校队里踢足球的唯一女孩儿,是个奇特而有趣的人物。 - As a child, he had great curiosity.
作为孩子,他有很强的好奇心。 - That was prompted by curiosity.
那是由于好奇引起的。 - She has an insatiable curiosity about life.
她对生命有一种永不满足的好奇心。 - She is dying of curiosity to know what happened.
她急于知道发生了什么事。 - “Why do you ask?”“Mere curiosity.”
“你为什么问?”“只是好奇而已。”
用作名词 (n.)
用作主语
用作表语
用作动词宾语
用作介词宾语
~+ prep -phrase
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其他
词组短语
- curiosity get the better of sb 好奇心驱使某人
- curiosity overcome sb 好奇心驱使某人
- have a curiosity 好奇
- arouse sb 's curiosity 唤起某人的好奇心
- awaken sb 's curiosity 唤起某人的好奇心
- display curiosity 表现出好奇心
用作名词 (n.)
~+动词
动词+~
英英字典
- (INTEREST) an eager wish to know or learn about something
- (STRANGE OBJECT) something that is interesting because it is rare and unusual
- Curiosity is a desire to know about something.
- A curiosity is something that is unusual, interesting, and fairly rare.
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柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 好奇心
Curiosity is one important element of personality. The development of preschool children’ s curiosity plays an important role on creativity shaping.
好奇心是重要的个性成分,幼儿好奇心的发展对创造力的形成有重要作用。能源科学技术
- 奇物
- 珍品
- 好奇