curiosity

好奇心、興味

何かについてもっと知ったり学んだりしたいという気持ち。

やさしい英語で： A feeling of wanting to know or learn more about something.

• I asked out of curiosity.
• The strange noise aroused her curiosity.
• What first sparked your curiosity about birds?

使い方： curiosity about something (Her curiosity about the stars led her to study science.); out of curiosity (I opened the box out of curiosity.)

類義語： interest, inquisitiveness

反対語： indifference

よく使う表現： curiosity about something, out of curiosity, satisfy someone’s curiosity, natural curiosity

珍品、珍しい物

変わっていたり珍しかったりするために、人の興味を引く物。

やさしい英語で： An unusual object that attracts interest because it is strange or rare.

• This little curiosity came from an antique shop.
• The museum displays several mechanical curiosities.
• An old wooden bicycle was the collection’s greatest curiosity.

類義語： oddity, rarity

よく使う表現： a rare curiosity, historical curiosity