Слово англійською: curiosity
Іменник
Переклад curiosity українською: цікавість; допитливість, дивність, дивовижність; дивина, ~ shop — антикварний магазин
Детальний опис
curiosity
noun /ˌkjʊriˈɑːsəti/
(plural curiosities)
- [uncountable, singular] curiosity (about something) | curiosity (to do something) a strong desire to know about something
- Children show curiosity about everything.
- I felt a certain curiosity to see what would happen next.
- The letter wasn't addressed to me but I opened it out of curiosity.
- His answer did not satisfy my curiosity at all.
- Sophie's curiosity was aroused by the mysterious phone call.
- intellectual curiosity
- ‘Why do you ask?’ ‘Oh, just idle curiosity’ (= no particular reason).
- [countable] an unusual and interesting thing
- The museum is full of historical curiosities.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French curiousete, from Latin curiositas, from curiosus ‘careful’, from cura ‘care’.
Idioms - (saying) used to tell somebody not to ask questions or try to find out about things that do not involve them