Dictionary entry

Curiosity

Pronunciation: /kjʊərɪˈɒsɪti/

Pronunciation

/kjʊərɪˈɒsɪti/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) သိချင်စိတ်ပြင်းပြခြင်း။ စပ်စုခြင်း။ ထူးခြားပစ္စည်း။ လူထူး လူဆန်း။ စပ်စုလွန်းရင် ဒုက္ခတွေ့မယ်။

Definition

curiosity /kjƱǝri'ɒsǝti/ n ၁။ [U] ~ (about sth/ to do sth) သိခ်င္စိတ္ျပင္းျပျခင္း။ စပ္စုျခင္း။ satisfy/ arouse sb's curiosity ❍ curiosity about other cultures ❍ intellectual curiosity ❍ The letter wasn't addressed to me but I opened it out of curiosity. ၂။ [C] ထူးျခားပစၥည္း။ လူထူး လူဆန္း။ As an example of modern design it is something of a curiosity. ❏ curiosity killed the cat [ IDM ] ( saying ) စပ္စုလြန္းရင္ ဒုကၡေတြ႕မယ္။

Examples

  1. [curiosity about] : All children have a certain curiosity about sexual matters.
  2. [out of curiosity] : Just out of curiosity
  3. where were you last night?
  4. [idle curiosity] : ‘Why do you want to know?’ ‘Oh
  5. just idle curiosity.’