curiosity

merak

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Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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?

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

Eş anlamlılar: interest, inquisitiveness

Zıt anlamlılar: indifference

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: curiosity about something, out of curiosity, satisfy someone’s curiosity, natural curiosity

ilginç nesne, tuhaf nesne

Tuhaf veya nadir olduğu için ilgi çeken nesne.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: 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.

Eş anlamlılar: oddity, rarity

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a rare curiosity, historical curiosity