词组 | novelty |
释义 | novelty /ˈnɒvəlti $ ˈnɑː-/ noun the quality of being new, unusual, and interestingverbssth loses its novelty (=it stops seeming new and interesting) His work has lost its novelty and it now seems rather old-fashioned.the novelty wears off (=used when something stops seeming new and interesting) Once the novelty had worn off he didn’t play with his new toy much.novelty + nounsnovelty value (=the quality that something has when it seems interesting and unusual) Some people liked the phone because of its novelty value.adjectivessheer novelty (=used when emphasizing how new and different something seems) Few pieces of music can match the sheer novelty of Sibelius’s Sixth Symphony.prepositionsthe novelty of (doing) sth The novelty of travelling around the country was starting to wear off.phrasesbe something of a novelty/be quite a novelty (=be something that seems new and different) At that time, computers were still something of a novelty. | In the 1970s, a woman sports reporter was quite a novelty.the added novelty of sth You can attend the recording of the show, and get the added novelty of watching a radio programme being made. |
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