Curious

(adj.) eager to investigate and learn or learn more (sometimes about others' concerns); 'a curious child is a teacher's delight'; 'a trap door that made me curious'; 'curious investigators'; 'traffic was slowed by curious rubberneckers'; 'curious about the neighbor's doings' .

(adj.) beyond or deviating from the usual or expected; 'a curious hybrid accent'; 'her speech has a funny twang'; 'they have some funny ideas about war'; 'had an odd name'; 'the peculiar aromatic odor of cloves'; 'something definitely queer about this town'; 'what a rum fellow'; 'singular behavior' .

(adj.) having curiosity aroused; eagerly interested in learning more; 'a trap door that made me curious' .

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• It is curious that my mother, too, ran away from her family, but not for the sake of her husband. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Mine is a curious fate. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Were thy garments searched by as curious an eye, Isaac, said he, what discoveries might not be made? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• I heard it, as I have in my time heard other curious things in the same place. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I handed it back to Mr. Murthwaite, and owned that this curious specimen of Hindoo correspondence rather puzzled me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Having discovered this relation, which requires no farther examination, I am curious to find some other of their qualities. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• How a living animal obtains its quantity of this fluid, called fire, is a curious question. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Your observation of the similitude between many of the words and those of the ancient world, are indeed very curious. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• It is a curious fact that in the Edison family the pronunciation of the name has always been with the long e sound, as it would naturally be in the Dutch language. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• With curious readiness did she adapt herself to such themes as interested him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• And any one could see that he shook with fear, and that there broke out upon his lips curious white flakes, like thin snow. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• It contains as fundamental truths as have been uttered about education in conjunction with a curious twist. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• It is curious to note that this law against the imitation of silver, which really dated from the fifteenth century, made a special exception to articles made for the Church. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• I say, it would be curious if it got into Bulstrode's hands after all. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• So to speak, there was in these respects a curious inattention in my mind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.

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