curiosity

curiosity /,kjuəri'ɔsiti/
  • danh từ
    • sự ham biết; tính ham biết
    • sự tò mò; tính tò mò, tính hiếu kỳ
      • out of curiosity: vì tò mò
    • vật kỳ lạ, vật hiếm, vật quý, cảnh lạ
      • the curiosities of the town: những cảnh lạ ở thành phố
    • sự kỳ lạ, sự hiếm có
    • to be tiptoe with curiosity
      • tò mò muốn biết quá không kìm được
    • curiosity shop
      • hiệu bán đồ cổ, hiệu bán những đồ quý hiếm
    • to set somebody's curiosity agog
      • (xem) agog

Xem thêm: wonder, curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity



curiosity

Từ điển Collocation

curiosity noun

ADJ. great, intense | insatiable She has an insatiable curiosity about life. | mild | idle, mere, simple ‘Why do you ask?’ ‘Mere curiosity.’ | natural School should awaken a child's natural curiosity. | open staring with open curiosity | morbid

VERB + CURIOSITY have | arouse, awaken Their curiosity was aroused by his strange behaviour. | satisfy

CURIOSITY + VERB get the better of sb, overcome sb Harry's curiosity got the better of him and he unlocked the cupboard

PREP. out of ~ We went to the show out of curiosity more than anything else. | with ~ The children watched us with mild curiosity. | ~ about I needed to satisfy my curiosity about what it was like to make records.

PHRASES a sense of curiosity

Từ điển WordNet

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

curiosities
ant.: incuriosity indifference unconcern