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

• Tempting as it is to loll on the beach, I want to explore the cultural curiosities outside the hotel.
  尽管懒洋洋地倚靠在海滩是一个很大的诱惑，我还是想要探索在酒店之外的新奇的当地文化。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The paintings have no intrinsic value except as curiosities
  这些油画除了作为古董，本身没有什么内在价值。
• Cars like mine are curiosities nowadays.
  如今像我这样的车实属罕见了。
• 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。
• 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。