喜樂美語

Think of the small tug you feel toward something covered, closed, or not yet explained — a cloth over an object, a door you have never opened, a sentence you did not catch. Curiosity is that pull to go and look.

可以想成心裡被什麼勾了一下的感覺：前面有個蓋著布的東西、一扇從沒開過的門、一句聽不懂的話，你就會想湊過去看一眼、想開口問。curiosity 指的就是那股「想知道」的拉力本身，這股拉力沒有好壞，只是把人往前帶。

Two branches

那股拉力，和拉住人的東西

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curiosity (desire to know) · noun · B1

The feeling of wanting to know or find out about something, especially something new, hidden, or not yet explained to you.

好奇心

只活在 curiosity killed the cat 裡

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curiosity killed the cat · noun · B2

Used only in the saying 'curiosity killed the cat', which tells someone in a light, joking way that asking too many questions about something can get them into trouble.

好奇害死貓（勸人別問太多）

容易混在一起的字在訂閱裡。容易混在一起的字需要訂閱帳號。

同家族的字

複數 curiosities

意思相近

interestinquisitivenesseagerness to knowwondernosinessoddityraritynoveltyunusual objectcollector's itemmind your own businessdon't ask too many questions

意思相反

indifferenceboredomapathyeveryday objectcommonplace

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

curiositynoun/ˌkjʊə.ɹiˈɒs.ɪ.ti/

  • 1

    Inquisitiveness; the tendency to ask and learn about things by asking questions, investigating, or exploring.

    • It was the first time that the lawyer had been received in that part of his friend's quarters; and he eyed the dingy windowless structure with curiosity, and gazed round with a distasteful sense of strangeness as he crossed the theatre, […]
    • "Certainly there is nothing wrong with Alvin's intelligence, but many of the things that should concern him seem to be a matter of complete indifference. On the other hand, he shows a morbid curiosity regarding subjects which we do not generally discuss."
  • 2

    A unique or extraordinary object which arouses interest.

    • He put the strangely shaped rock in his curiosity cabinet.
    • [The room] was adorned with a great number of nicknacks and curiosities, which might have engaged the attention of a virtuoso.
  • 3

    obsoleteCareful, delicate construction; fine workmanship, delicacy of building.

    • wee built a homely thing like a barne, set upon Cratchets, covered with rafts, sedge, and earth, so also was the walls; the best of our houses of the like curiosity, but the most part farre much worse workmanship […]

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