curious
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['kjʊərɪəsˈkjʊəriəs]
- 美式音标 [ˈkjʊr.i.əs]
- 国际音标 ['kjuəriəs]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj. 好奇的，有求知欲的；古怪的；爱挑剔的
词源解说
- 14世纪中期进入英语，直接源自拉丁语的curiosus，意为仔细的，勤奋的。
用法辨析
- curious的意思有二:一是“好奇的”,用于褒义时可指“好求知的”,用于贬义时可指“爱打听的,爱管闲事的”,在句中可作主语或表语; 二是“奇妙的,稀奇的”,在句中主要用作主语,也可用于形式主语结构。
- curious可接that或wh-从句,其中that从句后的谓语动词必须用其虚拟式; curious作定语时,多半用作贬义。
- curious一般不用very修饰,不用于比较级和最高级。
- curious to know和curious to hear都可以解释为“很想知道……”的意思。I am curious to know where he stays. 我很想知道她呆在哪。
- curious to relate和curious to say可单独使用，意为“说来真奇怪”。Curious to relate/say,the boy was not drowned. 说来也奇怪，这个男孩没有溺死。
- curious后面可接how，what或者that引导的从句。We felt curious how they would receive our advise. 注意that从句中需用should。
adj. (形容词)
英汉例句
- He is a curious student.
他是位有好奇心的学生。 - The butterfly's eye is rather curious.
蝴蝶的眼睛很奇妙。 - We were curious to know where she'd gone.
我们好奇地想知道她到哪里去了。 - I felt curious how that guy would head for such a miserable end.
我感到奇怪,那家伙怎么会落得这样一个可悲的结局。 - It is curious that he should wear a long face for such a trifling matter.
真怪,为了这一点小事,他居然板起面孔来了。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语: ～+ n.
用作表语: S+be+～
S+be+～+to- v
S+be+～+wh-clause
It is/was+～+that-clause
词组短语
- curious coincidence 奇妙的巧合
- curious glance 好奇的目光
- curious neighbour 好管闲事的邻居
- curious about 好奇；想知道
- curious about origin of mankind 对人类的起源感到好奇
- curious about other business 爱打听别人的事
用作形容词 (adj.)
～+名词
～+介词
英英字典
- (INTERESTED) interested in learning about people or things around you
- (STRANGE) strange and unusual
- If you are curious about something, you are interested in it and want to know more about it.
- curiously
- If you describe something as curious, you mean that it is unusual or difficult to understand.
- curiously
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专业释义
- 好奇的