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curiosity的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˌkjuəri:ˈɔsiti:]
KK音标发音： [ˌkjʊriˈɑsɪti]

curiosity的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A desire to know or learn.
求知欲：想知道或学习的欲望

2. A desire to know about people or things that do not concern one; nosiness.
好奇心：想知道与自己无关的人或事情的欲望；爱管闲事

3. An object that arouses interest, as by being novel or extraordinary:
珍奇事物：能使人产生兴趣的事物，如新奇的事物或异品：

kept the carved bone and displayed it as a curiosity.
保留那块雕刻过的骨头并把它作为珍品展出

4. A strange or odd aspect.
奇怪，古怪：奇怪的或古怪的方面

5. Archaic Fastidiousness.
【古语】 一丝不苟

curiosity的词源：

6. Middle English curiosite
中古英语 curiosite

7. from Old French
源自 古法语

8. from Latin c^?ri?sit3s
源自 拉丁语 c^?ri?sit3s

9. from c^?ri?sus [inquisitive] * see curious
源自 c^?ri?sus [好奇的] *参见 curious