n.好奇心；好奇；稀奇的人或物

The child showed a healthy curiosity. 那孩子有好奇心，這是好現(xiàn)象。

Her curiosity was piqued. 她產(chǎn)生了好奇心。

I had to explain the reasons to satisfy his curiosity. 我只好解釋原因來滿足他的好奇心。

The rumors excite her curiosity. 謠言引起了她的好奇心。

Just to satisfy my curiosity, how much did you pay for your car? 我只是出于好奇，請問你買這輛車花了多少錢？

Curiosity is part of the children's nature. 好奇是兒童的天性。

The old wooden skis are a curiosity. 那副木制舊滑雪板是珍奇之物。

She is so eccentric that she is regarded as a bit of a curiosity. 她非常古怪，算是個奇人。

curiosity的基本意思是“好奇心”，指的是個體遇到新奇事物或處在新的外界條件下所產(chǎn)生的注意、操作、提問的心理傾向，如渴望知道事情為何已經(jīng)發(fā)生或正在發(fā)生，但不一定具有冒昧、魯莽等令人不快的性質(zhì)。curiosity作此解時是不可數(shù)名詞，但有時可用不定冠詞a修飾。

curiosity引申可指“珍品；古董；奇異的物或事”，這時是可數(shù)名詞。