Curious

Definition

curious /'kjƱǝrÇǝs/ adj ၁။ ~ (about sth/ to do sth) (က) ( usu approv ) သိခ်င္၊ စူးစမ္းခ်င္စိတ္ ျပင္းျပေသာ။ 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 ) စပ္စပ္စုစု ႏိုင္ေသာ။ စပ္စုေသာ။ curious neighbours ❍ She's always so curious about my work. ❍ Hide it where curious eyes won't see it. Compare INCURIOUS ၂။ ထူးေသာ။ ဆန္းေသာ။ 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.

Examples

1. I didn’t mean to pry. I’m just curious. That’s all.
2. [curious about] : Children are curious about animals and how they live.
3. [curious to see/hear/know something] : People were curious to know why the accident happened.
4. [a curious look/glance] : She shot him a quick
5. curious look.
6. A set of curious kitchen implements
7. He felt a curious mixture of happiness and fear.
8. [it is curious that] : It is rather curious that you’ve never mentioned this before.
9. The story just gets curiouser and curiouser.