curious
/ˈkjʊɹ.i.əs/ 形容词 B1中文： 好奇、有好奇心、异常
- Tending to ask questions, or to want to explore or investigate; inquisitive; (with a negative connotation) nosy, prying. · Young children are naturally curious about the world and everything in it.
- Caused by curiosity.
- Leading one to ask questions about; somewhat odd, out of the ordinary, or unusual. · The platypus is a curious creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.
- Interested in entering a romantic or sexual relationship with a specified group.
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The curious music that I hear.
“What a curious feeling!” said Alice; “I must be shutting up like a telescope.”
“Come, there’s no use in crying like that!” said Alice to herself, rather sharply; “I advise you to leave off this minute!” She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.
“Curiouser and curiouser!” cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English); “now I’m opening out like the largest telescope that ever was!
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