curious

curious
adjective
  1. 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。
  2. 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
  1. [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
  1. Middle English: from Old French curios, from Latin curiosus 'careful', from cura 'care'. Sense 2 dates from the early 18th cent
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