| 词组 | curious |
| 释义 | curious /ˈkjʊəriəs $ ˈkjʊr-/ adjective 1. wanting to know about somethingadverbsdeeply/intensely/extremely curious He began to feel intensely curious about Anna. Why was she here?a little/mildly/rather curious Colin was a little curious about the reasons for her visit.naturally curious Children are naturally curious and they like to find out why things happen.genuinely curious She seemed genuinely curious about my work.just/merely curious “Why do you want to know?” “I’m just curious, that’s all.” | Don’t worry. The children are merely curious, as we don’t get many visitors here.curious + nounsa curious look/glance/stare Her shouting attracted some curious glances from other people in the restaurant.curious onlookers (=people watching because they want to know what is happening) Curious onlookers watched as the car started to roll back down the hill.verbsmake sb curious She had told me just enough to make me curious.feel curious He felt slightly curious, and went for a closer look.grow curious (=become curious) When nothing happened, people began to grow curious.prepositionscurious about sth He was curious about the money.curious as to sth I am curious as to why she left.phrasescurious to know/find out/hear etc Mandy was curious to know what happened.THESAURUS: curious inquisitivemind | stare | look | crowd | animals | nature curious – used when someone always wants to find out more about things, or when describing someone’s expression: She had an inquisitive mind and asked her parents many questions. | The man looked straight at the camera with an inquisitive stare. | The man gave her an inquisitive look when she asked if the painting was genuine. | An inquisitive crowd had already gathered around him. | Cats are inquisitive animals. | He was born with an inquisitive nature. inquiringmind | look wanting to find out more about things – used especially in the following phrases: The young scientist had an inquiring mind. | The president gave him an inquiring look.Inquiring is only used before nouns. nosy disapprovingneighbour | question always wanting to find out about things that do not concern you, especially other people’s private lives: Our neighbours are very nosy and they always want to know what we’re doing. | I’m sorry if this is a nosy question. | “Who were you talking to on the phone?” “Don’t be so nosy!”In informal English, you call a nosy person who annoys you a nosy parker.2. strange or unusualverbslook/seem/sound curious It all looks very curious to me.curious + nounsa curious thing A curious thing happened to me the other day.a curious way In a curious way, the argument had actually made them feel closer to each other.a curious mixture He felt a curious mixture of excitement and anxiety.a curious fact It is a curious fact that Lee wrote no other books after the success of her first novel.a curious coincidence It was a curious coincidence that the couple were both born on the same day.a curious sensation/feeling She had a curious sensation in her legs. |
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