curious
US /ˈkjʊriəs/
adjective Target · B2 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
beyond or deviating from the usual or expected
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The students were curious about how the new machine actually worked.
Word Family
NounNoun
curiosity
curiousness
VerbVerb
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AdjectiveAdj
curious gốc
AdverbAdv
curiously
Synonyms
- inquisitiveshowing curiosity
- interestedexcite the curiosity of; engage the interest of
Collocations
- Easy curious child asking questionsdescribing curious child asking questions (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected)
- Medium curious about new featuresdescribing curious about new features (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected)
- Hard curious anomaly in data setsdescribing curious anomaly in data sets (beyond or deviating from the usual or expected)
- Very Hard a curious turn of events unfoldedreferring to a curious turn of events unfolded
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.