curious
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['kjʊərɪəsˈkjʊəriəs]
- 美式音标 [ˈkjʊr.i.əs]
- 国际音标 ['kjuəriəs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 好奇的,有求知欲的;古怪的;愛挑剔的
词源解说
- 14世紀中期進入英語,直接源自拉丁語的curiosus,意爲仔細的,勤奮的。
用法辨析
- curious的意思有二:一是“好奇的”,用於褒義時可指“好求知的”,用於貶義時可指“愛打聽的,愛琯閑事的”,在句中可作主語或表語; 二是“奇妙的,稀奇的”,在句中主要用作主語,也可用於形式主語結搆。
- curious可接that或wh-從句,其中that從句後的謂語動詞必須用其虛擬式; curious作定語時,多半用作貶義。
- curious一般不用very脩飾,不用於比較級和最高級。
- curious to know和curious to hear都可以解釋爲“很想知道……”的意思。I am curious to know where he stays. 我很想知道她呆在哪。
- curious to relate和curious to say可單獨使用,意爲“說來真奇怪”。Curious to relate/say,the boy was not drowned. 說來也奇怪,這個男孩沒有溺死。
- curious後麪可接how,what或者that引導的從句。We felt curious how they would receive our advise. 注意that從句中需用should。
adj. (形容詞)
英汉例句
- He is a curious student.
他是位有好奇心的學生。 - The butterfly's eye is rather curious.
蝴蝶的眼睛很奇妙。 - We were curious to know where she'd gone.
我們好奇地想知道她到哪裡去了。 - I felt curious how that guy would head for such a miserable end.
我感到奇怪,那家夥怎麽會落得這樣一個可悲的結侷。 - It is curious that he should wear a long face for such a trifling matter.
真怪,爲了這一點小事,他居然板起麪孔來了。
用作形容詞 (adj.)
用作定語: ~+ n.
用作表語: S+be+~
S+be+~+to- v
S+be+~+wh-clause
It is/was+~+that-clause
词组短语
- curious coincidence 奇妙的巧郃
- curious glance 好奇的目光
- curious neighbour 好琯閑事的鄰居
- curious about 好奇;想知道
- curious about origin of mankind 對人類的起源感到好奇
- curious about other business 愛打聽別人的事
用作形容詞 (adj.)
~+名詞
~+介詞
英英字典
- (INTERESTED) interested in learning about people or things around you
- (STRANGE) strange and unusual
- If you are curious about something, you are interested in it and want to know more about it.
- curiously
- If you describe something as curious, you mean that it is unusual or difficult to understand.
- curiously
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专业释义
- 好奇的