novelty

novelty

['nɔvəlti]

n.【C】新奇, 小装饰
n.【U】新奇的事物, 新奇的经验

例句与用法:

Showoffs never miss an opportunity to draw attention to themselves by some outrageous novelty.

爱显示自己的人遇事总喜欢标新立异。

The author seems to strain after novelty.

作者似乎在力图标新立异。

Fond of novelty.

新奇的喜欢革新的

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。

The novelty of his surroundings soon wore off.

他对环境的新奇感不久就淡薄了。

词形变化:

名词复数: novelties |


n.

1. 新颖, 新奇[U]

The demand is for quality, variety and novelty.

现在需求的是质量、花式品种和新颖性。

2. 新颖的事物; 新奇的经验[C]

The drive-in movie was a novelty to her, and she enjoyed it.

"免下车"电影对她来讲是件新奇事, 她很喜欢看。

3. 新颖小巧而廉价的物品[C][P1]

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。


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