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Definition of curious in English: curiousadjective ˈkjʊərɪəsˈkjʊriəs 1Eager to know or learn something. 好奇的；好求知的 I began to be curious about the whereabouts of the bride and groom 我对新娘新郎的行踪开始产生了兴趣。 she was curious to know what had happened 她很想知道发生了什么事。 Example sentencesExamples - At any rate, I'm intrigued and am curious if my intrigue is justified.
- What would he have made of it, this endlessly questing, insatiably curious man of the steppes?
- A majority of the participants were curious to know as to what prompted him to accept the role.
- I'm curious to know what others think about the current pop culture depiction of human machines.
- The gentlemen will be green with envy, and wildly curious to know where I have found you from.
- You come curious to know if he is another young manager on a hot streak or if he has more than that.
- I have never heard of a concept like this before, and am curious to know more.
- I was curious to know what had made him who he was and why everything seemed far beneath him.
- One is always curious to know what's in the mind of the youngsters who are just out of school but still thinking of a career in law.
- I would be curious to know what presumption others think is the most reasonable.
- She closed the door behind him and watched, curious to know who would do this.
- Besides, I was curious to know how I'd react to a complete and prolonged break from both the Internet and from writing.
- Having no expertise in either, I would be curious to know answers.
- Seeing her eyes unwavering, he was curious to know what had brought such a change in her attitude.
- Your editorial today is the best I have read so far, and I will be curious to know what kind of response you get to it.
- Half of me scoffed at the contrivance - the other half was curious to know more.
- The book makes for enjoyable reading not just for children, but for the inquisitive and curious adult as well.
- Are you curious to know what they've been up to for the last 23 years?
- I wondered if there was a history behind all this and was very curious to know what happened.
- A lot of us are curious to know exactly what the navy has been told to do.
Synonyms eager, excited, impatient, in suspense, on tenterhooks, on the edge of one's seat, on pins and needles, keen, anxious, longing - 1.1 Expressing curiosity.
表示好奇的 好奇的凝视。 Example sentencesExamples - When she opened her eyes again, she felt the curious stare of the girl next to her.
- I suspect I'll be treated as mildly eccentric and get a few curious questions from people I know who may have read the article.
- She couldn't help but notice the curious stares she received from the people around her.
- No doubt they had to answer many questions from very curious and interested pupils.
- I stumbled after him, highly aware of the curious stares we were receiving.
- He tossed the little towel to a little basket and looked at the girl that was staring at him with curious eyes.
- Both ignored the curious stares thrown their way as they rushed towards their science class.
- Her big blue, curious eyes stared over the other side, wondering what the new day would bring.
- Her face was the epitome of stoicism, though her eyes were curious and bright with interest.
- Passersby stared at her with curious expressions, wondering what was the matter.
- Many Bangaloreans who have seen her on the programme stop her on the streets and make curious enquiries.
- Emerging into daylight, they are the subject of curious stares from passers-by.
- Her bright blue eyes were curious and she stared at Sara with something similar to jealousy.
- I suddenly felt their curious stares burn into the back of my head.
- When she finally came out from hiding, she met the stares of three very curious people.
- Michael kept staring at me a curious look in his eyes as to what my response was to all this information.
- You stare, catching curious glances, searching for recognition, but they're calm as cows.
- So 700 curious faces stared me down from head to toe as I walked up to the podium.
- She didn't realise she was holding his hand for so long, and that people were beginning to give them curious stares.
- Together we were drawing some very curious stares from the locals at the restaurant.
Synonyms inquisitive, intrigued, interested, eager to know, dying to know, burning with curiosity, agog quizzical, enquiring, searching, probing, querying, questioning, interrogative perplexed, puzzled, baffled, mystified informal nosy, nosy-parker, snoopy Scottish & Northern English nebby
2Strange; unusual. 奇特的；异常的 a curious sensation overwhelmed her 一种奇怪的感觉使她不能自已。 Example sentencesExamples - A curious night then followed in which several strange synchronicities happened.
- Continue to look at them and their placid, inoffensive appearance draws you in with a curious and unexpected power.
- The next morning, I tiptoed up to the tank, only to discover a strange and curious sight.
- The best illustration of this strange reversal is the curious fate of the Downing Street memo.
- I find it curious that if I am overwhelmed by emotion, I stumble over words in English.
- I love stony beaches the best, and love searching amongst the pebbles for those of a curious shape or an unusual colour.
- Talk of the election at work yesterday ranged from the curious to the bizarre.
- One curious anomaly is electric pitch trim mounted on the panel rather than the yoke.
- The haircut is merely the latest stage in his curious and unusual battle to avoid overexposure.
- This is just one of an extraordinary sequence of curious encounters between orcas and divers in the waters off New Zealand.
- Another curious difference is that tartrate levels are very high in grape flowers.
- The voice is Kelly's throughout, down to the lack of punctuation, eccentric spellings and curious syntax.
- However, we have to note something strange and curious about film canons.
- It was the most curious sensation to know she was about to die, and not care.
- She felt nothing at all but a curious tingling sensation in the left side of her face.
- If this hypothesis should be mistaken, there still remains a curious mystery here.
- It was a curious remark to make for one who dreamed of emulating Alexander the Great.
- Relative strangers offer up curious nuggets of information, like cinder toffee.
- This made for a curious arrangement over which the Celtic boss was criticised.
- Even if we were not plagued by these curious and unusual defects of English, Paul would still be hard to understand.
Synonyms strange, odd, peculiar, funny, unusual, bizarre, weird, eccentric, queer, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, out of the ordinary, atypical, anomalous, untypical, different, out of the way, surprising, incongruous, extraordinary, remarkable, puzzling, mystifying, mysterious, perplexing, baffling, unaccountable, inexplicable, irregular, singular, offbeat, unconventional, unorthodox, outlandish, off-centre, aberrant, freak, freakish, deviant uncanny, eerie, unnatural British out of the common French outré Scottish unco informal off the wall, wacky British informal rum North American informal wacko - 2.1euphemistic (of books) erotic or pornographic.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French curios, from Latin curiosus 'careful', from cura 'care'. sense 2 dates from the early 18th century. The word curious came into the language in the sense ‘eager to know or learn something’. Its source is Latin curiosus ‘careful’, from cura ‘care’. The word has had a variety of meanings over the centuries, including ‘skilfully made’, ‘very accurate or precise’, and ‘having an exquisite taste’. The sense ‘strange or unusual’ appeared early on in the 18th century. Among booksellers curious used to be a euphemistic term for erotic or pornographic works. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is the title of a best-selling 2003 novel by Mark Haddon but the words come originally from one of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes mysteries. In the story Silver Blaze (1884), Holmes draws Watson's attention to ‘the curious incident of the dog in the night-time’. When Watson protests that ‘the dog did nothing in the night-time’, Holmes responds: ‘That was the curious incident.’ The point is that the dog did not raise the alarm because he already knew the person who had disturbed him. The saying curiosity killed the cat is first recorded around 1900. The older form is care killed the cat, which is first recorded in Ben Jonson's 1598 play Every Man in His Humour. Curiouser and curiouser is a quotation from Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland (1865). ‘ “Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice (she was so much surprised that for a moment she quite forgot how to speak good English).’
Rhymesfurious, injurious, luxurious, penurious, perjurious, spurious, sulphureous (US sulfureous), usurious Definition of curious in US English: curiousadjectiveˈkjʊriəsˈkyo͝orēəs 1Eager to know or learn something. 好奇的；好求知的 I began to be curious about the whereabouts of the bride and groom 我对新娘新郎的行踪开始产生了兴趣。 she was curious to know what had happened 她很想知道发生了什么事。 Example sentencesExamples - I would be curious to know what presumption others think is the most reasonable.
- Besides, I was curious to know how I'd react to a complete and prolonged break from both the Internet and from writing.
- I was curious to know what had made him who he was and why everything seemed far beneath him.
- What would he have made of it, this endlessly questing, insatiably curious man of the steppes?
- Having no expertise in either, I would be curious to know answers.
- Seeing her eyes unwavering, he was curious to know what had brought such a change in her attitude.
- One is always curious to know what's in the mind of the youngsters who are just out of school but still thinking of a career in law.
- At any rate, I'm intrigued and am curious if my intrigue is justified.
- Are you curious to know what they've been up to for the last 23 years?
- You come curious to know if he is another young manager on a hot streak or if he has more than that.
- I'm curious to know what others think about the current pop culture depiction of human machines.
- Your editorial today is the best I have read so far, and I will be curious to know what kind of response you get to it.
- The gentlemen will be green with envy, and wildly curious to know where I have found you from.
- I wondered if there was a history behind all this and was very curious to know what happened.
- Half of me scoffed at the contrivance - the other half was curious to know more.
- I have never heard of a concept like this before, and am curious to know more.
- The book makes for enjoyable reading not just for children, but for the inquisitive and curious adult as well.
- A lot of us are curious to know exactly what the navy has been told to do.
- A majority of the participants were curious to know as to what prompted him to accept the role.
- She closed the door behind him and watched, curious to know who would do this.
Synonyms eager, excited, impatient, in suspense, on tenterhooks, on the edge of one's seat, on pins and needles, keen, anxious, longing - 1.1 Expressing curiosity.
表示好奇的 好奇的凝视。 Example sentencesExamples - When she finally came out from hiding, she met the stares of three very curious people.
- No doubt they had to answer many questions from very curious and interested pupils.
- Emerging into daylight, they are the subject of curious stares from passers-by.
- So 700 curious faces stared me down from head to toe as I walked up to the podium.
- She couldn't help but notice the curious stares she received from the people around her.
- She didn't realise she was holding his hand for so long, and that people were beginning to give them curious stares.
- Both ignored the curious stares thrown their way as they rushed towards their science class.
- Her big blue, curious eyes stared over the other side, wondering what the new day would bring.
- Her bright blue eyes were curious and she stared at Sara with something similar to jealousy.
- When she opened her eyes again, she felt the curious stare of the girl next to her.
- I stumbled after him, highly aware of the curious stares we were receiving.
- Passersby stared at her with curious expressions, wondering what was the matter.
- Michael kept staring at me a curious look in his eyes as to what my response was to all this information.
- Many Bangaloreans who have seen her on the programme stop her on the streets and make curious enquiries.
- I suspect I'll be treated as mildly eccentric and get a few curious questions from people I know who may have read the article.
- Together we were drawing some very curious stares from the locals at the restaurant.
- I suddenly felt their curious stares burn into the back of my head.
- He tossed the little towel to a little basket and looked at the girl that was staring at him with curious eyes.
- You stare, catching curious glances, searching for recognition, but they're calm as cows.
- Her face was the epitome of stoicism, though her eyes were curious and bright with interest.
Synonyms inquisitive, intrigued, interested, eager to know, dying to know, burning with curiosity, agog
2Strange; unusual. 奇特的；异常的 a curious sensation overwhelmed her 一种奇怪的感觉使她不能自已。 Example sentencesExamples - Relative strangers offer up curious nuggets of information, like cinder toffee.
- This made for a curious arrangement over which the Celtic boss was criticised.
- She felt nothing at all but a curious tingling sensation in the left side of her face.
- Another curious difference is that tartrate levels are very high in grape flowers.
- This is just one of an extraordinary sequence of curious encounters between orcas and divers in the waters off New Zealand.
- It was the most curious sensation to know she was about to die, and not care.
- The voice is Kelly's throughout, down to the lack of punctuation, eccentric spellings and curious syntax.
- The haircut is merely the latest stage in his curious and unusual battle to avoid overexposure.
- One curious anomaly is electric pitch trim mounted on the panel rather than the yoke.
- If this hypothesis should be mistaken, there still remains a curious mystery here.
- It was a curious remark to make for one who dreamed of emulating Alexander the Great.
- A curious night then followed in which several strange synchronicities happened.
- I find it curious that if I am overwhelmed by emotion, I stumble over words in English.
- However, we have to note something strange and curious about film canons.
- Talk of the election at work yesterday ranged from the curious to the bizarre.
- Continue to look at them and their placid, inoffensive appearance draws you in with a curious and unexpected power.
- The next morning, I tiptoed up to the tank, only to discover a strange and curious sight.
- The best illustration of this strange reversal is the curious fate of the Downing Street memo.
- I love stony beaches the best, and love searching amongst the pebbles for those of a curious shape or an unusual colour.
- Even if we were not plagued by these curious and unusual defects of English, Paul would still be hard to understand.
Synonyms strange, odd, peculiar, funny, unusual, bizarre, weird, eccentric, queer, unexpected, unfamiliar, abnormal, out of the ordinary, atypical, anomalous, untypical, different, out of the way, surprising, incongruous, extraordinary, remarkable, puzzling, mystifying, mysterious, perplexing, baffling, unaccountable, inexplicable, irregular, singular, offbeat, unconventional, unorthodox, outlandish, off-centre, aberrant, freak, freakish, deviant
OriginMiddle English: from Old French curios, from Latin curiosus ‘careful’, from cura ‘care’. curious (sense 2) dates from the early 18th century. |