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novelty

/nov-uhl-tee/US // ˈnɒv əl ti //UK // (ˈnɒvəltɪ) //

新颖性,新颖,新颖的,新奇

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural nov·el·ties.

    • : state or quality of being novel, new, or unique; newness: the novelty of a new job.
    • : a novel occurrence, experience, or proceeding: His sarcastic witticisms had ceased being an entertaining novelty.
    • : an article of trade whose value is chiefly decorative, comic, or the like and whose appeal is often transitory: a store catering to tourists who loaded up with souvenir pennants and other novelties.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Textiles. consisting of a combination of basic weaves. having a pattern or design produced by a novelty weave. having irregularities within the fibrous structure.
    • : of or relating to novelties as articles of trade: novelty goods; novelty items.
    • : having or displaying novelties: novelty shop.

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Examples

  • Blue Q is the champion of socks with novelty sayings to delight anyone looking for a bit of fun in their footwear.

  • It’s more of a novelty to see the candidates together on stage for the first time.

  • If you are looking for a fun cover that’s still a little more sophisticated than a novelty notebook with a quippy saying, then this journal from Keegood could be the right way to go.

  • He still envisions a world where internal combustion engines only exist as novelties.

  • We are wired to enjoy novelty—it makes us feel good and happy.

  • “The novelty of David Duke has worn off,” said Scalise then.

  • Novelty aside, the real question is whether these avowedly chaste men of the cloth are listening.

  • Not even the hawkiest neo-conservative is calling for war, a novelty in recent American history.

  • The appeal of Bitcoin lies in part in its novelty and techy-ness.

  • For them, novelty and naughtiness were the ultimate aphrodisiacs.

  • One of the strongest objections against the use of the "Indian novelty" was its ruinous cost at this period.

  • And now commenced a life of seclusion and retirement, which both of them enjoyed from its very novelty.

  • And Egypt was for her a complete novelty, and a novelty bringing health, and a feeling almost of youth.

  • A unique novelty was the Contra Trombone on the Pedal of 64 feet actual length.

  • At all events, it had the refreshing charm of novelty: there was the fishing, and the King's Warren trout stream was a good one.