curiosity
noun uk/?kj??.ri??s.?.ti/ us/?kj?r.i?ɑ?.s?.t?i/
(INTEREST)
B2 [ U ]好奇心;求知欲
an eager wish to know or learn about something
to arouse/excite/satisfy someone's curiosity 引起／激发／满足某人的好奇心
I'm burning with curiosity - you must tell me who won! 我心急火燎地想知道——你一定要告诉我是谁赢了！
She decided to call her ex-boyfriend out of curiosity. 她出于好奇决定给以前的男友打电话。
"Why do you ask?" "Oh, just idle curiosity (= for no particular reason)." “你为什幺要问？”“哦，不过是好奇而已。”
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[ C ]奇品，珍品；新奇罕有的事物
something that is interesting because it is rare and unusual
Cars like mine are curiosities nowadays. 像我拥有的这种车如今实属罕见了。
I kept this old pot for its curiosity value (= the interest it has because it is unusual). 我留着这个旧罐子，因为它很特别。
Idiom
curiosity killed the catidiom saying 好奇害死猫，过于好奇会惹祸上身
said to warn someone not to ask too many questions about something
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