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

• 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。
• Parapsychology helps me to content my curiosities, try to explore birth and death.
  研究超心理学满足我的好奇心，探究生死，减少恐惧。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are dismissed as automotive curiosities that failed to capture public imagination, while creating an effect exactly opposite to the one they were designed for: damaging brands rather than lifting them.
  有的时候，它们的设计无法抓住人们的好奇心，不仅不会提升品牌口碑，反而会产生截然相反的效果，对品牌形象造成损害。
• When the sites were regarded as technology curiosities, there was no thought of charging people to use them.
  当网站被认为是技术的珍品时，也没有人想到利用网站赚取利润。
• At first, these were curiosities. They'd soon become unshakable industry behemoths.
  起初，这些产品只是令人感兴趣，但不久之后，它们都成为了不可动摇的业界霸主。
• By contrast, mere numerical findings as such, apart from the guiding interest which we have discussed here, rightly count as empty curiosities that satisfy neither a theoretical nor a practical concern.
  反之，如果只是些数字的堆集，没有这里所提及的指导观点，那末就可以有理由算作无聊的玩艺儿，既不能满足理论的兴趣，也不能满足实际的要求。