curiosity 音標拼音: [kj
, ʊri'ɑsəti]
n . 好奇心,新奇的事物,珍品
好奇心,新奇的事物,珍品
curiosity n 1 :
a state in which you want to learn more about something [
synonym : {
curiosity }, {
wonder }]
2 :
something unusual --
perhaps worthy of collecting [
synonym :
{
curio }, {
curiosity }, {
oddity }, {
oddment }, {
peculiarity },
{
rarity }]
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n .;
pl . {
Curiosities } (-
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OE .
curiouste ,
curiosite ,
OF .
curioset ['
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curiosit ['
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F .
curiosit ['
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L .
curiositas ,
fr .
curiosus .
See {
Curious },
and cf . {
Curio }.]
1 .
The state or quality or being curious ;
nicety ;
accuracy ;
exactness ;
elaboration . [
Obs .] --
Bacon .
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When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume ,
they mocked thee for too much curiosity . --
Shak .
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A screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . .
with great curiosity . --
Evelin .
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2 .
Disposition to inquire ,
investigate ,
or seek after knowledge ;
a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest ;
inquisitiveness .
--
Milton .
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3 .
That which is curious ,
or fitted to excite or reward attention .
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We took a ramble together to see the curiosities of this great town . --
Addison .
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There hath been practiced also a curiosity ,
to set a tree upon the north side of a wall ,
and ,
at a little hieght ,
to draw it through the wall ,
etc . --
Bacon .
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1913 Webster ]
81 Moby Thesaurus words for "
curiosity ":
abnormality ,
amazement ,
anomaly ,
ardor ,
astonishing thing ,
astonishment ,
bauble ,
bric -
a -
brac ,
cathexis ,
concern ,
concernment ,
concupiscence ,
conversation piece ,
curio ,
desideration ,
desire ,
drive ,
eagerness ,
enthusiasm ,
exception ,
fancy ,
fantasy ,
freak ,
gazingstock ,
gewgaw ,
hope ,
horme ,
improbability ,
inquisitiveness ,
intellectual curiosity ,
interest ,
interestedness ,
interference ,
intrusiveness ,
libido ,
lust for learning ,
marvel ,
marvelment ,
matter of interest ,
meddlesomeness ,
mind ,
miracle ,
monstrosity ,
museum piece ,
need ,
nonesuch ,
nosiness ,
objet d '
art ,
oddity ,
passion ,
phenomenon ,
pleasure ,
pleasure principle ,
prodigiosity ,
prodigy ,
prying ,
questioning ,
quite a thing ,
rarity ,
regard ,
sensation ,
sexual desire ,
sight ,
snooping ,
something else ,
special interest ,
spectacle ,
strange thing ,
stunner ,
thirst for knowledge ,
trinket ,
urge ,
want ,
wanting ,
will ,
will and pleasure ,
wish ,
wish fulfillment ,
wonder ,
wonderful thing ,
wonderment
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