curious
/ˈkjʊərɪəs/
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cu - rious -> curious
(adj) သိချင်၊ စူးစမ်းချင်စိတ် ပြင်းပြသော။ စပ်စပ်စုစု နိုင်သော။ စပ်စုသော။ ထူးသော။ ဆန်းသော။
၁။ ~ (about sth/ to do sth)
(က) (usu approv ) သိချင်၊ စူးစမ်းချင်စိတ် ပြင်းပြသော။ curious about the origin of mankind/ the structure of atoms ❍ I'm curious to know what she said. ❍ He is a curious boy, always asking questions.
(ခ) (derog ) စပ်စပ်စုစု နိုင်သော။ စပ်စုသော။ curious neighbours ❍ She's always so curious about my work. ❍ Hide it where curious eyes won't see it. Compare INCURIOUS
၂။ ထူးသော။ ဆန်းသော။ What a curious thing to say. ❍ Isn't he a curious-looking little man? ❍ It's curious that he didn't tell you. curiously adv : He peered curiously at the two newcomers. ❍ She was there all day but, curiously (enough), I didn't see her. ❍ The party was a curiously boring affair.
- I didn’t mean to pry. I’m just curious. That’s all.
- [curious about] : Children are curious about animals and how they live.
- [curious to see/hear/know something] : People were curious to know why the accident happened.
- [a curious look/glance] : She shot him a quick, curious look.
- A set of curious kitchen implements
- He felt a curious mixture of happiness and fear.
- [it is curious that] : It is rather curious that you’ve never mentioned this before.
- The story just gets curiouser and curiouser.
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