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

• Cars like mine are curiosities nowadays.
  如今像我这样的车实属罕见了。
• 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。
• This column will fill you full of facts about the curiosities and wonders of the world around you.
  本栏目将带你一起去探索这个充满了新奇和知识的世界。
• Tumors of the small intestine are medical curiosities from several points of view.
  从几方面看，小肠肿瘤在医学上是罕见的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Among its curiosities is the car's four levels of regenerative braking, accessed through the steering wheel-mounted paddles.
  在这款车的令人奇怪之处中，有一点是它通过方向盘上的拨片实现的四档再生制动系统。