curiosities

英 [ˌkjʊərɪˈɒsɪtiz]

美 [ˌkjʊriˈɑsətiz]

n.  好奇心; 求知欲; 罕见而有趣之物; 奇物; 珍品
curiosity的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 好奇心;求知欲
  Curiosityis a desire to know about something.
  1. Ryle accepted more out of curiosity than anything else...
     赖尔更多的是出于好奇才同意的。
  2. ...an enthusiasm and genuine curiosity about the past...
     对过去的巨大兴趣与真正的好奇
  3. To satisfy our own curiosity we traveled to Baltimore.
     为了满足好奇心，我们去了巴尔的摩。
• N-COUNT 罕见而有趣之物;奇物;珍品
  Acuriosityis something that is unusual, interesting, and fairly rare.
  1. There is much to see in the way of castles, curiosities, and museums...
     可以看到很多城堡、奇珍异品和博物馆。
  2. Reed International is a curiosity in the international world of publishing.
     里德国际公司是国际出版界的一朵奇葩。
• curiosity killed the cat→ see:cat

双语例句

• Infant and child mortality have been greatly reduced, and many diseases that at one time had high fatality rates are now no more than medical curiosities.
  婴幼儿童的死亡率大大地减小，并且许多当时高死亡率的疾病现在不再是医学难题了。
• Whether these developments continue to serve as curiosities for out-of-town visitors or succeed in becoming real, thriving communities remains to be seen.
  这些开发项目将依然仅仅能吸引外地游客的好奇心，还是能成为真正的繁荣社区，仍须拭目以待。
• We were all born with a gift to give in life, one which informs all of our desires, interests, passions and curiosities.
  我们生来就随身带着一件东西，这件东西指示着我们的渴望、兴趣、热情以及好奇心，这就是使命。
• It's six now, so if you care for a stroll this beautiful evening I shall be very happy to introduce you to two curiosities.
  现在已经六点了，如果你有兴致在这美妙的夜晚出去走走，我很高兴把这两个“古怪”介绍给你。
• It has rooms full of new and old books, a delightful caf and what can best be described as a small exhibition of curiosities on the first floor.
  它有好几个堆满了新书和旧书的房间，还有一间怡人的小咖啡馆和一个展览厅。
• I had brought over a few curiosities, among which the principal was a purse made of the asbestos, which purifies by fire.
  我从美洲带来了几件珍品，其中最主要的是一个用石棉制成的荷包，这个荷包要用火来洗涤。
• The three peas were however put into the cabinet of curiosities, where they are still to be seen, provided they are not lost.
  这粒豌豆因此也就被送进了博物馆，如果没有人把它拿走的话，人们现在还可以在那儿看到它呢。
• Some of the modern cures offered by slick salespeople, he says, are just as empty and worthless as the old curiosities that he's collected in his museum.
  他说，有些巧舌如簧的推销员所提供的现代疗法，跟他在博物馆里收集的那些老古董一样愚不可及，毫无价值。
• Such curiosities can become quite important, especially in the design of machines to replace hand operations.
  这类过分挑剔的标准有时可能非常重要，特别是在设计某种用于代替手工操作的机械装置时。
• A cabinet of curiosities, the city unfolds square by square, age by age.
  布拉格展示了一个个广场、一个个时代，这里充满了好奇。