curious

英 ['kjʊəriəs] 美 ['kjʊriəs]

• adj. 好奇的；奇特的

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 好奇的,好求知的

   wanting to know about sth

2. 奇妙的,稀奇的

   strange; unusual

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 好奇的，渴望知道的，爱探究的，求知欲强的，好奇心旺盛的，求知的
2. 稀奇的，古怪的，奇怪的，难以理解的，奇特的，不寻常的，奇妙的
3. 精细的
4. 好事的，爱看热闹的
5. 猥亵的，趣味低级的

adv. 副词

1. 好奇地，求知欲强地

英英释义

Adjective:

1. beyond or deviating from the usual or expected;

   "a curious hybrid accent"
   "her speech has a funny twang"
   "they have some funny ideas about war"
   "had an odd name"
   "the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves"
   "something definitely queer about this town"
   "what a rum fellow"
   "singular behavior"
   

2. eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns);

   "a curious child is a teacher's delight"
   "a trap door that made me curious"
   "curious investigators"
   "traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers"
   "curious about the neighbor's doings"
   

3. having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more;

   "a trap door that made me curious"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. I am curious how she will receive the news.
   我很想知道她如何接受那消息。
2. The boy was curious about everything he saw.
   那男孩对所见的一切都感到好奇。
3. I caught a curious sound in the neighboring room.
   我听到隔壁房间里有奇怪的响声。
4. It's curious that he didn't tell you.
   他没有告诉你，实在反常。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. He is a curious student.
   他是位有好奇心的学生。
2. I like curious students.
   我喜欢有好奇心的学生。
3. She was awakened by a curious noise in the corridor.
   她被走廊里的一种奇怪的声音惊醒了。
4. You had better hide it where his curious eyes won't see it.
   你最好把它藏到他那双犀利的眼睛看不见的地方。
5. He has a curious habit.
   他有一种奇怪的习惯。
6. What a curious mistake!
   多么奇怪的错误!
7. It was a curious mistake that I couldn't understand.
   这是一个我无法理解的奇怪的错误。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. The butterfly's eye is rather curious.
   蝴蝶的眼睛很奇妙。
2. She looks rather curious with green hair.
   她头发是绿的,样子有点古怪。

S+be+～+to- v

1. We were curious to know where she'd gone.
   我们好奇地想知道她到哪里去了。
2. That girl of yours is curious to learn English.
   你的那个女儿非常想学英语。
3. I am curious to know how that old clock works.
   我好奇地想知道这座老式钟是怎么走的。

S+be+～+wh-clause

1. 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/was+～+that-clause

1. 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。
2. It is curious that no one (should) have noticed his presence.
   奇怪的是没有人注意到他在场。
3. It's curious that she left without saying good-bye.
   真奇怪,她不辞而别了。
4. It is curious that the old man should remember the names of all his childhood friends.
   很奇怪,这位老人应该记得他童年时朋友的名字。
5. It's curious that he didn't tell you.
   他没有告诉你,实在反常。

经典引文

• Annixter, curious for details, forbore, nevertheless, to question.

  出自： F. Norris

常用短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

curious about

对…好奇 eager to know or learn
curious about sth


What a novel thing you are so curious about ?

什么稀奇东西让你这么好奇?
Don't be too curious about things you are not supposed to know.

对于不要你知道的事情别去好奇地打听。
She's always so curious about my work.

她总爱打听我的工作。
People were curious about the flying machine.

人们对飞行器感到好奇。
〔说明〕 当about后接疑问词引导的从句时, about常省略。

curious (about) wh-clause
I'm curious about what happened.

我很想知道发生了什么事。
He remains curious (about) why she neglects him.

他感到疑惑,为什么她把他给忽略了。 curious about wh-to-v
He grew curious about how to make a toy.

他对怎样制作玩具感到好奇。

curious (as to)

好奇 eager to know

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• curious coincidence 奇妙的巧合
• curious glance 好奇的目光
• curious neighbour 好管闲事的邻居

～+介词

• curious about 对…感到好奇的
• 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
• curious about sb's past 很想了解某人的过去
• curious as to 对…感到好奇的

词语用法

1. 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。

2. 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。

3. 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)

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. curious一般不用very修饰,不用于比较级和最高级。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

curious, odd, peculiar, strange

• 参见peculiar条。

curious, inquisitive, interested, nosy, prying

• 这组词的共同意思是“渴望知道的,好奇的”。其区别是：
• curious是中性词,不表示赞成或不赞成; interested用于谈到某人对他人的生活感兴趣时,通常表示恭维的意思; nosy和prying用来表示不赞成; inquisitive有时用来表示不赞成或甚至是恭维的。例如:
• The old woman is curious about other people's business.这位老太婆爱打听别人的事。

queer，odd，funny，crazy，curious，peculiar，strange，eccentric，quaint，singular

• 这些形容词均含有“奇怪的，奇异的，新奇的”之意。
• queer指一种无法解释的怪诞，强调事物的奇特和不可思议。
• odd通常指不规律、偶尔出现的人或事物，往往令人困惑或奇怪。
• funny较通俗用词，指奇怪得滑稽可笑或反常。
• crazy多指与众不同的行为、外表或人与物本身，含荒唐可笑或神经不正常的意味。
• curious通常指非常特别或能引起注意、研究或探索的奇特。
• peculiar侧重令人奇怪的或独一无二的特性，也指性格特征方面显著的与众不同之处。
• strange普通常用词，含义广泛，指陌生新奇、奇怪、奇怪或不自然的人或物。
• eccentric指偏离常规的怪异或怪癖。
• quaint指古色古香，会人感到既奇怪又有趣。
• singular通常指异常或奇特，暗含不同于一般。

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。

近反义词

【近义词】

• disquisitive
• funny
• inquiring
• inquisitive
• investigative
• odd
• queer
• questioning
• strange
• unusual

【反义词】

• incurious
• indifferent
• normal
• ordinary
• uninterested