curious
adjective
uk/ˈkjʊə.ri.əs/us/ˈkjʊr.i.əs/curiousadjective(INTERESTED)
B1
interestedinlearningaboutpeopleor things around you:
好奇的；好打听的I was curious toknowwhat wouldhappennext.我很好奇想知道接下来会发生什么事。
Babies are curiousabouteverything around them.婴儿对周围的一切都很好奇。
"Why did youask?" "I was just curious."“你为什么要问?”“好奇而已。”
interested in learning about people or things
- curiousThe best students are the ones who are curious about everything.
- inquisitiveShe's such an inquisitive little girl!
- inquiringThe organization tries to encourage inquiring and analytical young people to go into the sciences.
- nosy"Did her spouse leave her?" "Well, aren't you rather nosy!"
- prurientThat reporter has a reputation for being prurient and asking questions that are too invasive.
- Acrowdof curiousonlookerssoongatheredtoseewhat washappening.
- Thevisitorsweresurroundedon allsidesby curiouschildren.
- Shall I show you what Iboughther? I canseeyou're curious.
- Tell me, I'm curious, whatexactlywas going on in hisofficejust then?
- "Why do youkeepingaskingabout myneighbours?" "Oh, I'm just curious."
Curiosity
- curiosity
- curiosity killed the catidiom
- curiously
- curtain twitcher
- curtain twitching
- inquisitive
- inquisitively
- inquisitiveness
- inquisitorial
- meddlesome
- nosy
- nosy parker
- peeper
- prurience
- prurient
- quizzically
- snoot
- stickyournose intosomethingidiom
- stickyoursnoot in/into (something)idiom
- thirsty
curiousadjective(STRANGE)
mainlyUK
strangeandunusual:
稀奇的，古怪的，不寻常的There was a curious-lookingmanstandingoutside.外面站着个长相古怪的男人。
A curious thinghappenedto meyesterday.昨天我碰到件怪事。
It's curious(that)Billy hasn'tphonedwhen hepromisedhe would.比利说他会打电话来，可是还没打过来，真蹊跷。
Synonyms
bizarre
eccentric(STRANGE)
eerie
freakish
funny(STRANGE)
odd(STRANGE)
outlandishdisapproving
peculiar(STRANGE)
strange(UNUSUAL)
weird
strange
- strangeShe's a strange girl.
- oddI always thought there was something a bit odd about her.
- bizarreI had a really bizarre dream last night.
- weirdHis films are so weird that I can barely get through them.
- funnyThis lemonade tastes funny.
- peculiarThe chicken had a peculiar smell.
Strange, suspicious and unnatural
- aberrant
- abnormal
- abnormally
- add
- Alice-in-Wonderland
- funnily
- funnily enoughidiom
- ghostliness
- ghoul
- heterodox
- perversely
- perversity
- perverted
- pervy
- presence
- wack
- wackadoodle
- wackiness
- wacky
- warped