curious

B2 CET-4 Oxf 5000 高中 FREQ #2272 ★★★☆☆

a. 好奇的, 求知的, 古怪的

发音

UK /ˈkjʊə.ɹi.əs/
其它 /ˈkjʊ.ɹəs/
UK /ˈkjɔː.-/
US /ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/
US /ˈkjɝ.i.əs/

词形变化

more curious 比较级 curiouser 比较级 most curious 最高级 curiousest 最高级

释义与例句

adj. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying.

    好奇

    有好奇心

    Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it.

  2. 2.

    Caused by curiosity.

  3. 3.

    Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual.

    异常

    The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.

    1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xxxi, leaf 232v Thenne at the mete cam in Elyas the harper & by cause he was a curyous harper men herd hym synge the same lay that Dynadan had made "Then at the meat came in Eliot the harper, and because he was a curious harper men heard him sing the same lay that Dinadan had made"

  4. 4.

    Clipping of bi-curious.

  5. 5.

    Interested in entering a romantic or sexual relationship with a specified group.

  6. 6.

    Careful, fastidious, particular; (specifically) demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.

    废旧
  7. 7.

    Carefully or artfully constructed; made with great elegance or skill.

    废旧
  8. 1.

    Containing or pertaining to trivalent curium.

    罕用 化学

词汇关系

相关短语

词源

From Middle English curious, from Old French curius, from Latin cūriōsus. The English word is cognate with Italian curioso, Occitan curios, Portuguese curioso, and Spanish curioso.

来源:wiktionary