curious 音标拼音: [kj'ʊriəs]
a . 好奇的,求知的,古怪的
好奇的,求知的,古怪的
curious adj 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 " [
synonym : {
curious }, {
funny }, {
odd },
{
peculiar }, {
queer }, {
rum }, {
rummy }, {
singular }]
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 " [
ant : {
incurious }]
3 :
having curiosity aroused ;
eagerly interested in learning more ; "
a trap door that made me curious "
Curious \
Cu "
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s ),
a . [
OF .
curios ,
curius ,
F .
curieux ,
L .
curiosus careful ,
inquisitive ,
fr .
cura care .
See {
Cure }.]
1 .
Difficult to please or satisfy ;
solicitous to be correct ;
careful ;
scrupulous ;
nice ;
exact . [
Obs .]
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Little curious in her clothes . --
Fuller .
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How shall we ,
If he be curious ,
work upon his faith ? --
Beau . &
Fl .
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2 .
Exhibiting care or nicety ;
artfully constructed ;
elaborate ;
wrought with elegance or skill .
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To devise curious works . --
Ex .
xxxv .
32 [
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His body couched in a curious bed . --
Shak .
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3 .
Careful or anxious to learn ;
eager for knowledge ;
given to research or inquiry ;
habitually inquisitive ;
prying ; --
sometimes with after or of .
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It is a pity a gentleman so very curious after things that were elegant and beautiful should not have been as curious as to their origin ,
their uses ,
and their natural history . --
Woodward .
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4 .
Exciting attention or inquiry ;
awakening surprise ;
inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness ;
not simple or plain ;
strange ;
rare . "
Acurious tale " --
Shak .
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A multitude of curious analogies . --
Macaulay .
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Many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore .
--
E .
A .
Poe .
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Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results . --
C .
J .
Smith .
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{
Curious arts },
magic . [
Obs .]
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Many . . .
which used curious arts brought their books together ,
and burned them . --
Acts xix .
19 .
Syn :
Inquisitive ;
prying .
See {
Inquisitive }.
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112 Moby Thesaurus words for "
curious ":
aberrant ,
abnormal ,
absurd ,
agape ,
agog ,
all agog ,
analytical ,
attentive ,
attracted ,
barmy ,
bizarre ,
burning with curiosity ,
careful ,
catechistic ,
cathectic ,
cautious ,
circumspect ,
concerned ,
considerate ,
consumed with curiosity ,
deviant ,
deviate ,
eccentric ,
enthusiastic ,
erratic ,
examining ,
excited ,
exotic ,
extraordinary ,
fascinated ,
freaked out ,
freakish ,
freaky ,
funny ,
ghoulish ,
gossipy ,
grotesque ,
heedful ,
impertinent ,
inquiring ,
inquisitional ,
inquisitive ,
inquisitorial ,
interested ,
interfering ,
intermeddling ,
interrogational ,
interrogative ,
interrogatory ,
intrusive ,
investigative ,
irregular ,
itchy ,
keen on ,
kinky ,
kooky ,
loving ,
meddlesome ,
meddling ,
mindful ,
morbid ,
morbidly curious ,
nosy ,
nuts ,
nutty ,
odd ,
oddball ,
off ,
off the wall ,
offbeat ,
open -
eyed ,
openmouthed ,
out ,
outlandish ,
outrageous ,
outre ,
overcurious ,
passing strange ,
passionate ,
peculiar ,
piqued ,
pixilated ,
prurient ,
prying ,
quaint ,
queer ,
querying ,
questioning ,
quizzical ,
quizzing ,
regardful ,
scopophiliac ,
scrutinizing ,
searching ,
singular ,
snooping ,
snoopy ,
solicitous ,
strange ,
supercurious ,
tantalized ,
tender ,
thoughtful ,
tickled ,
titillated ,
turned -
on ,
unconventional ,
unearthly ,
unusual ,
voyeuristic ,
weird ,
wondrous strange
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