curious

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基本释义

adj.
求知欲强的; 稀奇古怪的

词性变化

实用例句

‘Are you really an artist? ’ Sara asked curiously.

“你真是画家吗?”萨拉好奇地问道。

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His clothes were curiously old-fashioned.

他的衣服式样陈旧古怪。

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Curiously enough, a year later exactly the same thing happened again.

说来也怪,一模一样的事情在一年以后又发生了。

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It was curious that she didn't tell anyone.

她没有告诉任何人,这很反常。

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It was a curious feeling, as though we were floating on air.

那是一种奇特的感觉,我们仿佛在空中漂浮。

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There was a curious mixture of people in the audience.

观众中有各色人等,显得很怪。

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He is such a curious boy, always asking questions.

他这个孩子求知欲很强,总是爱提问。

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Everyone was curious as to why Mark was leaving.

马克为什么要离去,大家都感到好奇。

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I was curious to find out what she had said.

我真想弄清楚她说了些什么。

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They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs.

他们对住在楼上的人感到很好奇。

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The pageant promises to be a curious mixture of the ancient and modern...

游行盛典将会是古老与现代的奇特融合。

There is a curious thing about her writings in this period...

她在这期间的著作与以往有所不同。

Children are naturally curious.

孩子天生好奇。

Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from...

史蒂夫非常想了解我以前生活的那个世界。

A curious spectacle was witnessed.

目击了这一奇异的景象.

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I'm curious to know what he said.

我很想知道他说了些什么.

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He has a curious habit of scratching his ear while he speaks.

他有一种奇怪的习惯,一讲话就搔耳朵.

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He remains curious about why she neglects him.

他感到疑惑,为什么她把他给忽略了.

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His eyes fell on a curious object.

他的目光落在一个奇怪的物体上.

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He collected a quantity of curious information.

他搜集了大量稀奇古怪的消息.

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There was a curious silence.

有一种不寻常的沉寂.

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We felt curious ( as to ) how she received the shocking news.

我们很想知道她听到这坏消息时的反应.

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Don't be too curious about things you are not supposed to know.

对于你不应该知道的事情别去好奇地打听.

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Her secretive manner had made me curious.

她神秘的举止使我感到好奇.

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Curious sightseers rolled up in their hundreds.

数以百计的好奇的观光客都涌到那儿.

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I was intensely curious to know more about him.

我迫不及待地想更多地了解他的情况.

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What a curious mistake!

多奇怪的错误!

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真题例句

"I have been bothered for a long time about the curious lack of curiosity,"said a Democratic member of the New Jersey legislature back in July, referring to an insufficiently inquiring attitude on the part of an assistant to New Jersey Governor Chris Chri

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Children of educated and upper-middle-class parents turn out to be far more curious, even at early ages, than children of working class and lower class families.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Leslie presents considerable evidence for the proposition that the society as a whole is growing less curious.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Moreover, in order to be curious, you have to be aware of a gap in your knowledge in the first place.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Political leaders, like leaders of other organizations, should be curious.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

Reading literary fiction, he says, makes us more curious.

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

The journalist Ian Leslie, in his new and enjoyable book Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on it, insists that the answer to that last question is "Yes".

2017年12月四级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

They are curious about specific features.

出自-2015年12月阅读原文

And it's refreshing to see a strong, curious, clever woman adding her voice to the scientific discourse and a field that has been traditionally dominated by man.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A

Teachers and students alike have experienced the curious paradox that beginners, as a rule, tend to think too little about what they are doing because they think too much about what they are doing.

2019年6月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C

The knowledge she collected over decades didn't just satisfy those curious about nature, but also provided valuable insights into medicine and science.

2018年12月六级真题(第二套)阅读 Section B

In high school, I became curious about the computer, and built my first website.

2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Opportunity favors those with a curious mind.

2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 选项

Students are being dared to draw a picture, write an article, take a photo or write a poem that shows what they are curious about.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

Were curious about the midnight world.

2015年高考英语浙江卷 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

Your children need to be deeply curious.

2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

For something curious has been happening in American universities, and Louis Menand, a professor of English at Harvard University, captured it skillfully.

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In Britain this has had a curious result.

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It is curious that Stephen Koziatek feels almost as though he has to justify his efforts to give his students a better future.

2018年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

英英释义

Adjective
  • 1. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;

    "a curious hybrid accent"

    "her speech has a funny twang"

    "they have some funny ideas about war"

    "had an odd name"

    "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"

    "something definitely queer about this town"

    "what a rum fellow"

    "singular behavior"

  • 2. eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns);

    "a curious child is a teacher's delight"

    "a trap door that made me curious"

    "curious investigators"

    "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"

    "curious about the neighbor's doings"

  • 3. having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more;

    "a trap door that made me curious"

同义词辨析

queer, odd, funny, crazy, curious, peculiar, strange, eccentric, quaint, singular

这些形容词均含有"奇怪的,奇异的,新奇的"之意。

  • queer: 指一种无法解释的怪诞,强调事物的奇特和不可思议。
  • odd: 通常指不规律、偶尔出现的人或事物,往往令人困惑或奇怪。
  • funny: 较通俗用词,指奇怪得滑稽可笑或反常。
  • crazy: 多指与众不同的行为、外表或人与物本身,含荒唐可笑或神经不正常的意味。
  • curious: 通常指非常特别或能引起注意、研究或探索的奇特。
  • peculiar: 侧重令人奇怪的或独一无二的特性,也指性格特征方面显著的与众不同之处。
  • strange: 普通常用词,含义广泛,指陌生新奇、奇怪、奇怪或不自然的人或物。
  • eccentric: 指偏离常规的怪异或怪癖。
  • quaint: 指古色古香,会人感到既奇怪又有趣。
  • singular: 通常指异常或奇特,暗含不同于一般。

同义词

adj.奇怪的;稀奇古怪的

peculiarstrangequeeroddunusual

adj.好奇的;爱探究的

nosysnoopypryinginquisitive

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