curious
US: /ˈkjʊɹiəs/
UK: /kjˈʊɹɪəs/
UK: /kjˈʊɹɪəs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
curious /'kjuəriəs/
- tính từ
- ham biết, muốn tìm biết
- I'm curious to know what he said: tôi muốn (tìm) biết anh ấy nói gì
- tò mò, hiếu kỳ, thọc mạch
- curious eyes: đôi mắt tò mò
- kỳ lạ, kỳ dị, lạ lùng
- a curious mistake: một lỗi lầm kỳ lạ
- tỉ mỉ
- a curious inquiry: cuộc điều tra tỉ mỉ
- (nói trại) khiêu dâm (sách)
- ham biết, muốn tìm biết
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 ~ (about sth)
~ (to do sth) having a strong desire to know about sth: They were very curious about the people who lived upstairs. + I was curious to find out what she had said. + Everyone was curious as to why Mark was leaving. + He is such a curious boy, always asking questions.
2 ~ (that ...) strange and unusual: There was a curious mixture of people in the audience. + It was a curious feeling, as though we were floating on air. + It was curious that she didn't tell anyone.
curiously adverb: 'Are you really an artist?' Sara asked curiously. + His clothes were curiously old-fashioned. + Curiously enough, a year later exactly the same thing happened again.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 inquisitive, inquiring, interested:
I am curious to know what you were doing in there all night.
2 snooping, prying, intrusive, meddlesome, interfering, Colloq nosy:
Our neighbours are entirely too curious about our activities.
3 odd, peculiar, eccentric, strange, outré, queer, unusual, outrageous, offbeat, weird, bizarre, unconventional, freakish, exotic, singular, out of the ordinary, extraordinary, erratic, pixilated, quaint, outlandish, grotesque, aberrant, abnormal, singular, irregular, deviant, deviate, Colloq kinky, nuts, nutty; Slang Brit barmy:
How do you explain Frieda's curious behaviour?
Collocation dictionary
1 eager to find out about sb/sth
VERBS
be, feel, seem | became, get, grow | remain | make sb
Her secretive manner had made me curious.
ADV.
deeply, extremely, intensely, very
I was intensely curious to know more about him.
| a little, mildly, rather, slightly | frankly
She coped with the frankly curious looks of the men.
| genuinely | idly
He saw a book on the table and picked it up, idly curious.
| naturally
Puppies are naturally curious.
PREP.
about
I was curious about how she would react.
| as to
She was curious as to why he was there.
PHRASES
curious to find out/know/see sb/sth
2 strange/unusual
VERBS
be, feel, look, seem, smell, taste | find sb/sth
ADV.
extremely, very
I find it very curious that you did not tell anyone.
| a little, rather, slightly, somewhat
The wine tasted rather curious.
Concise English dictionary
'kjʊərɪəs
adj.
+beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
+eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns)
+having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more
