eager to know or learn something 好奇的;好求知的 I began to be curious about the whereabouts of the bride and groom. 我开始对新娘新郎的行踪产生兴趣。 she was curious to know what had happened. 她很想知道发生了什么。 ■expressing curiosity 表示好奇的 a curious stare. 好奇的凝视。
strange; unusual 奇特的;离奇古怪的 a curious sensation overwhelmed her. 一种奇怪的感觉笼罩了她。 ■used euphemistically to denote books that are erotic or pornographic (婉)(书籍)淫秽的,色情的
派生 curiously adverb
[sentence adverb]curiously, I find snooker riveting. 奇怪的是,我发现桌球很有吸引力。
curiousness noun 语源
Middle English: from Old French curios, from Latin curiosus 'careful', from cura 'care'. Sense 2 dates from the early 18th cent