记忆方法
n.好奇心,珍品
固定搭配:
①be on tiptoe(tip,尖的;toe,脚趾) with curiosity 充满好奇心
②from curiosity=out of curiosity 出于好奇
双解例句
小知识
Curiosity is the urge you feel to know more about something. If you find a diary in a coffee shop, curiosity will make you want to look inside — but respect for the writer's privacy may convince you not to.
Curiosity is the state of being curious: inquisitive, wondering, ready to poke around and figure something out. The word used to mean “very, very careful,” and only in the last few hundred years turned into a word expressing the desire to know more. Maybe that's because when you're poking around in secret business, you need to be very, very careful. We also call weird things curiosities, like a phone shaped like a duck, or a shark in a jar.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
curiously好奇地
curio古董;珍品
curiousness好学;好奇;不寻常
curiosa珍品;奇品;黄色书刊
curiosity作此解时是不可数名词,但有时可用不定冠词a修饰。curiosity引申可指“珍品;古董;奇异的物或事”,这时是可数名词。
incuriosity 无好奇心
unconcern 不关心
词根词缀
词根: cur
1. =run,表示”跑,发生,快速做……”; 2. =care,表示”关心”
adj.
accurate 正确无误的;准确的,精确的ac再+cur关心+ate……的→再关心,弄精确为止
curious 好奇的, 求知的, 古怪的, 爱挑剔的cur关心+ious……的→关心的,好奇的
n.
accuracy 准确[性];精确;准确度accurate[[adj.正确无误的;准确的,精确的]]→n.准确[性];精确;准确度
curative 药品cur关心+ative物→n.药品
curator [博物馆等]馆长cur关心+ator人→关心照看者
curio 古董, 古玩cur关心+io→珍贵的被人多加关心的东西
curiosity 好奇心;奇品,古董,古玩cur关心+iosity多……的状态→关心多→好奇心
v.
concur 意见相同,一致,互助con共同+cur跑,发生,快速做……→共同跑→共同发生
incur 招致,惹起,遭受in进入+cur跑,发生,快速做……→跑进来→招惹
occur 发生,出现;存在;想起,想到oc向+cur跑,发生,快速做……→某个方向跑,发生
recur [尤指不好的事]一再发生;重现re再次+cur跑,发生,快速做……→再次跑来
后缀: -osity
表名词,ose+ity组成,表示”多……的状态”
n.
animosity 憎恨,憎恶anim生命+osity多的状态→生命太多→由爱变恨→仇恨
curiosity 好奇心;奇品,古董,古玩curi=cure关心+osity多……的状态→关心多→好奇心
grandiosity 宏伟,夸张,堂皇grandi=grand宏大+osity多……的状态→n.宏伟,夸张,堂皇
pomposity 华丽,夸耀pomp壮丽,盛况,夸耀+osity多……的状态→n.华丽,夸耀
spinosity 有刺,难题,尖刻的话spine剌+osity多……的状态→有刺
verbosity 唠叨,冗长verb词语+osity多……的状态→n.唠叨,冗长
同义词
idiosyncrasy / eccentricity / aberrance / aberrancy / idiocrasy / peculiarity
querying / inquisitiveness / questioning / acquisitiveness / concern / interest
intermeddling / nosiness / meddling / intruding / peeping / intrusiveness / business / snooping / interference / meddlesomeness / eavesdropping / obtrusiveness / officiousness / prying / interfering
piece / oddity / bibelot / curio / phenomenon / novelty / sightd'artwonder / freak / object / conversation / rarity / miracle / eye-opener / spectacle / prodigy / marvel
abnormality / spirit / free
反义词
同根词
词根:curio
adj.curious好奇的,有求知欲的;古怪的;爱挑剔的
adv.curiously好奇地
n.curio古董;珍品
curiousness好学;好奇;不寻常
curiosa珍品;奇品;黄色书刊