transcription, транскрипция: [ kjʊəriəs ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If you are curious about something, you are interested in it and want to know more about it.
Steve was intensely curious about the world I came from...
...a group of curious villagers.
= inquisitive
ADJ : usu v-link ADJ , oft ADJ about n
• cu‧ri‧ous‧ly
The woman in the shop had looked at them curiously...
ADV : ADV after v
2.
If you describe something as curious , you mean that it is unusual or difficult to understand.
The pageant promises to be a curious mixture of the ancient and modern...
The naval high command’s response to these developments is rather curious.
= odd, peculiar
ADJ
• cu‧ri‧ous‧ly
Harry was curiously silent through all this...
ADV : ADV adj , ADV with cl