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curiosity
[ kyoor-ee-os-i-tee ]
noun
- the desire to learn or know about anything; inquisitiveness:
The lesson provoked their curiosity about the natural world.
She feels that tolerance is fed by knowledge, an open mind, and curiosity about others.
- a curious, rare, or novel thing:
Exhibits on display will include such curiosities as preserved smells, infrared briefcases, and cameras hidden in coats.
- a strange, curious, or interesting quality or feature:
How bankers from Nova Scotia set up in the Caribbean in the 1880s is a curiosity of financial history.
One of the human brain's many curiosities is its tendency to see faces in abstract shapes.
- Archaic. carefulness; fastidiousness.
curiosity
/ 藢办箩蕣蓹谤瑟藞蓲蝉瑟迟瑟 /
noun
- an eager desire to know; inquisitiveness
- the quality of being curious; strangeness
- ( as modifier )
the ring had curiosity value only
- something strange or fascinating
- a rare or strange object; curio
- obsolete.fastidiousness
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of curiosity1
Idioms and Phrases
- curiosity killed the cat, being too inquisitive is dangerous:
I'd really like to know what's going on in the boss's head, but then, curiosity killed the cat.
Example Sentences
Sweet salads are back 鈥 not with irony, but with curiosity.
In that case, it鈥檚 no surprise that 鈥淪inners,鈥 Coogler鈥檚 first entirely original film, would pique viewers鈥 curiosity.
A similar level of curiosity also could extend to quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who was projected as a potential first-round pick before falling to the Cleveland Browns in the fifth round.
Bob had that natural inclination, along with a strong curiosity and that thing Ray Bradbury called 鈥榦ptimistic behaviorism,鈥 the ability to be realistic and practical.鈥
The still-standing Angelus Temple across from Echo Park Lake sparked my curiosity years ago.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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