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curiosity

/kyoor-ee-os-i-tee/US // ˌkyʊər iˈɒs ɪ ti //UK // (ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtɪ) //

好奇心,好奇,好奇心强,好奇心强的人

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cu·ri·os·i·ties.

    • : the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness.
    • : a curious, rare, or novel thing.
    • : a strange, curious, or interesting quality.
    • : Archaic. carefulness; fastidiousness.

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Examples

  • There’s been a lot of quarterback movement around the league — and a lot of curiosity specifically about what the change at QB will mean for New England and Tampa Bay — but those moves haven’t affected our predictions too much.

  • By showing genuine curiosity in the families’ experience, Martinez said, the team is often able to get them to open up.

  • If for no other reason than curiosity, investigate Bitcoin and digital assets and see what everyone is talking about.

  • Nevertheless, the Ising model survived as a mathematical curiosity.

  • Consider, for example, the dodecahedron, a favorite object in many mathematical cabinets of curiosities.

  • I noticed a picture of her daughter, who was my classmate, and out of curiosity visited her page.

  • In fact, I publicly vowed to abstain from The Ball in 2012, but professional responsibilities and curiosity got the better of me.

  • I remember being appalled that he killed off Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop.

  • However, several probes—most recently the Curiosity rover—have measured methane in the Martian atmosphere.

  • Curiosity cabinets are really a 16th century thing of trying to understand the world,” Wynd says.

  • Sam sat opposite him in perfect silence, waiting, with eager curiosity, for the termination of the scene.

  • She had never had this curiosity in relation to George Cannon--she had only wondered about his affairs with other women.

  • Miss Thangue sat forward with the frank curiosity of the Englishwoman when inspecting a foreign specimen.

  • Her directness had made all possible 'buts' seem ridiculous and futile, and had made the expression of curiosity seem offensive.

  • She had done with little things, and Isabel, with young curiosity, wondered in what convulsion the last of them had gone down.