English-Thai Dictionary

Curiosity killed the cat

IDM การ สอดรู้สอดเห็น เป็นอันตราย  kan-sod-ru-sod-hen-pen-an-ta-rai

 

curiosity

N คน หรือ ปรากฏการณ์ แปลกๆ  kon-rue-pra-kod-kan-plaek-plaek

 

curiosity

N ความอยากรู้  interest inquiring kwam-yak-ru

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CURIOSITY

n.[L. See Curious. ] 1. A strong desire to see something novel, or to discover something unknown, either by research or inquiry; a desire to gratify the senses with a sight of what is new or unusual, or to gratify the mind with new discoveries; inquisitiveness. A man's curiosity leads him to view the ruins of Balbec, to investigate the origin of Homer, to discover the component parts of a mineral, or the motives of anothers actions.
2. Nicety; delicacy.
3. Accuracy; exactness; nice performance; curiousness; as the curiosity of workmanship.
4. A nice experiment; a thing unusual or worthy of curiosity.
There hath been practiced a curiosity, to set a tree on the north side of a walk and at a little height, to draw it through the wall, etc.
5. An object of curiosity; that which excites a desire of seeing, or deserves to be seen, as novel and extraordinary.
We took a ramble together to see the curiosities of this great town.
[The first and last senses are chiefly used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CURIOSITY

Cu `ri *os "i *ty (k `r-s "-t ), n.; pl. Curiosities (-t. Etym: [OE. curiouste, curiosite, OF. curioseté, curiosité, F. curiosit, fr. L. curiositas, fr. curiosus. See Currious, and cf. Curio. ]

 

1. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. [Obs. ] Bacon. When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity. Shak. A screen accurately cut in tapiary work. .. with great curiosity. Evelin.

 

2. Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness. Milton.

 

3. That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention. We took a ramble together to see the curiosities of this great town. Addison. There hath been practiced also a curiosity, to set a tree upon the north side of a wall, and, at a little hieght, to draw it through the wall, etc. Bacon.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

curiosity

cu ri os i ty |ˌkyo͝orēˈäsitē ˌkjʊriˈɑsədi | ▶noun ( pl. curiosities ) 1 a strong desire to know or learn something: filled with curiosity, she peered through the window | curiosity got the better of me, so I called him. 2 a strange or unusual object or fact: he showed them some of the curiosities of the house. PHRASES curiosity killed the cat proverb being inquisitive about other people's affairs may get you into trouble. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French curiousete, from Latin curiositas, from curiosus (see curious ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

curiosity

curi |os ¦ity |kjʊərɪˈɒsɪti | ▶noun ( pl. curiosities ) 1 [ mass noun ] a strong desire to know or learn something: filled with curiosity, she peered through the window | curiosity got the better of me, so I called him. 2 an unusual or interesting object or fact: he showed them some of the curiosities of the house. PHRASES curiosity killed the cat proverb being inquisitive about other people's affairs may get you into trouble. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French curiousete, from Latin curiositas, from curiosus (see curious ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

curiosity

curiosity noun 1 his evasiveness roused my curiosity: interest, spirit of inquiry, inquisitiveness. 2 the shop is a treasure trove of curiosities. See curio.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

curiosity

curiosity noun 1 his evasiveness roused my curiosity: inquisitiveness, interest, spirit of enquiry; informal nosiness. 2 the coins do have a certain curiosity value: peculiarity, oddity, strangeness, oddness, idiosyncrasy, unusualness, novelty. 3 the shop is a treasure trove of curiosities | geological curiosities: oddity, curio, novelty, conversation piece, object of virtu, collector's item; rarity, wonder, marvel, phenomenon.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

curiosity

cu ri os i ty /kjʊ̀ ə riɑ́səti |-ɔ́s -/ (! 強勢は第3音節 ) →curious 名詞 複 -ties /-z /1 U «…についての /…したいという » 好奇心 , 知りたい気持ち (!具体例ではa ～) ; 詮索 （せんさく ）好き «about /to do » ▸ satisfy [arouse, excite ] A's curiosity Aの好奇心を満たす [かきたてる ]▸ be burning with curiosity 好奇心でうずうずする ▸ have a great curiosity about the universe 宇宙について知りたいという大きな好奇心を抱く ▸ intellectual curiosity 知的好奇心 ▸ Curiosity killed the cat .｟ことわざ ｠好奇心がネコを殺した ; 好奇心もほどほどに .2 C 珍しい物 [事 , 人 ], 骨董品 , 希少品 ▸ a [an old ] curiosity shop 骨董店 .3 U 物珍しさ , 珍奇 ▸ curiosity value 希少価値 .ò ut of curi ó sity 1 好奇心から (╳from curiosityとしない ).2 ｟話 ｠ちょっとお聞きしたいのですが (!質問の前で ) ▸ Just out of curiosity , who is he? ちょっと聞きたいのですが . 彼はだれなんですか