curiosity

名词 curiosity:

1. a state in which you want to learn more about something
   同义词：wonder
2. something unusual -- perhaps worthy of collecting
   同义词：curio, oddity, oddment, peculiarity, rarity

1. The child showed a healthy curiosity.
   那孩子有好奇心，这是好现象。
2. Will you indulge my curiosity and tell me how much it cost?
   你能不能满足我的好奇心，告诉我那值多少钱?
3. Just to satisfy my curiosity, how much did you pay for your car?
   我只是出于好奇，请问你买这辆车花了多少钱？
4. Her curiosity was piqued.
   她产生了好奇心。
5. Curiosity is part of the children's nature.
   好奇是儿童的天性。
6. I had to explain the reasons to satisfy his curiosity.
   我只好解释原因来满足他的好奇心。

cu.ri.os.i.ty

n.（名词）
【复数】 cu.ri.os.i.ties
A desire to know or learn.
求知欲：想知道或学习的欲望
A desire to know about people or things that do not concern one; nosiness.
好奇心：想知道与自己无关的人或事情的欲望；爱管闲事
An object that arouses interest, as by being novel or extraordinary:
珍奇事物：能使人产生兴趣的事物，如新奇的事物或异品：
例句：
kept the carved bone and displayed it as a curiosity.
保留那块雕刻过的骨头并把它作为珍品展出

A strange or odd aspect.
奇怪，古怪：奇怪的或古怪的方面
Archaic Fastidiousness.
【古语】 一丝不苟

来源：
Middle English curiosite
中古英语 curiosite
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Latin côriôsit3s
源自 拉丁语 côriôsit3s
from côriôsus [inquisitive] * see curious
源自 côriôsus [好奇的] *参见 curious