curious

curious

englanti

  1. utelias

  2. erikoinen, kummallinen, outo

Esimerkkejä curious sanan käytöstä:

Young children are naturally 'curious' about the world and everything in it.

:Nuoret lapset ovat luonnollisesti 'kiinnostuneita' maailmasta ja kaikesta sen sisällöstä.

The platypus is a 'curious' creature, with fur like a mammal and a beak like a bird.

:Vesinokkaeläin on 'erikoinen' olento, jolla on nisäkkään turkki ja linnun nokka.

Liittyvät sanat: incurious

Synonyymisanakirja

curious

  1. tiedonhaluinen, utelias, pohdiskeleva, kyselevä, ihmettelevä, kyyläävä, urkkiva, nuuskiva, uteleva, yliutelias.

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Käännökset

englanti

outo

utelias

tiedonhaluinen puhekieltä fastidious Fastidious, particular; demanding a high standard of excellence, difficult to satisfy.
1612, (w), Proceedings of the English Colonie in Virginia, in Kupperman 1988, p.172:

But departing thence, when we found no houses, we were not curious in any weather, to lie 3 or 4 nights together upon any shore under the trees by a good fire.
(w) (1606-1661)
little curious in her clothes
inquisitive Inquisitive; tending to ask questions, investigate, or explore.

(ux)

Prompted by curiosity.
1590, (w), (w), III.ix:
But he to shift their curious request, / Gan causen, why she could not come in place(nb..).
Unusual; odd; out of the ordinary; bizarre.
(RQ:EHough PrqsPrc)
Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.
puhekieltä Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.
(RQ:Authorized Version)
And the curious girdle of the ephod, which is upon it, shall be of the same, according to the work thereof; even of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen.
(w) (c.1564–1616)
his body couched in a curious bed

Riimisanakirja

curious rimmaa näiden kanssa:

lesbous, couscous, lahous, mahous, holhous, nuohous, verhous, lautaverhous, tiiliverhous, ulkoverhous

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