novelty

英 ['nɒvlti] 美 ['nɑːvlti]

• n. 【C】新奇；小装饰
• n. 【U】新奇的事物；新奇的经验

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [U]新颖,新奇性

   the quality of being novel; interesting newness

2. [C]新奇的人〔事物〕

   sth/sb new, unusual, and interesting

3. [C]新颖小巧的物品

   an unusual small cheap object, usually not very useful but suitable to be given as a present

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 新奇，新颖 ，新鲜
2. 新奇的事物，新颖的事物，新事物，新奇事
3. 新奇的经验
4. 【商】新颖小巧而廉价的物品
5. 珍奇， 奇异
6. 新奇景象
7. 革新，新奇的地方
8. 小玩具，小饰物

adj. 形容词

1. 新奇的
2. 风格独特的

英英释义

Noun:

1. originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

2. originality by virtue of being new and surprising

3. a small inexpensive mass-produced article

4. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The novelty of his surroundings soon wore off.
   他对环境的新奇感不久就淡薄了。
2. The demand is for quality, variety and novelty.
   现在需求的是质量、花式品种和新颖性。
3. I bought some novelties on the boardwalk.
   我在海滨人行道上买了一些新颖的小玩意儿。

用作名词 (n.)

1. Upon the whole the novelty attracted him.
   总的说来，这个新奇的事物吸引着他。
2. It was quite a novelty to meet someone like that.
   碰到象那样的一个人真是一件新鲜的事。
3. It was quite a novelty to spend my holidays working on a boat.
   在船上工作来度过我的假期是件相当新奇的事。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. At first I enjoyed all the parties, but the novelty soon wore off.
   起初我喜欢参加一切聚会,但这种新奇感很快就消失了。
2. There's little novelty in his writing.
   他写的东西没什么新意。
3. It was quite a novelty to spend my holidays working on a boat.
   在船上工作来度过我的假期是件相当新奇的事。
4. When I first reached the United States, one of the novelties that fascinated me was the drive-in movies.
   当我初到美国时,让我感兴趣的一件新鲜事就是可以坐在车内观看的露天电影。
5. My mother bought a novelty pen for me.
   我妈给我买了一支小巧的笔。
6. A shop selling novelties is popular in this city.
   在这个城市,出售新奇小巧的物品的商店很受欢迎。

经典引文

• New turns and tricks and novelties to announce to the public.

  出自： R. K. Narayan

• It was still something of a novelty..for a woman to do things alone.

  出自： L. Appignanesi

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

～+介词

• novelty in 在…方面有新意
• novelty to 对…来说是新奇的事物

词源解说

• ☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的novelete，意为新颖。

近反义词

【近义词】

• newness
• originality