Tra từ curiosity - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

curi·os·ity [curiosity curiosities] BrE [ˌkjʊəriˈɒsəti] NAmE [ˌkjʊriˈɑːsəti] noun (pl. curi·os·ities)
1. uncountable, singular ~ (about sth) | ~ (to do sth) a strong desire to know about sth
•Children show curiosity about everything.
•a certain curiosity to see what would happen next
•The letter wasn't addressed to me but I opened it out of curiosity.
•His answer did not satisfy my curiosity at all.
•Sophie's curiosity was aroused by the mysterious phone call.
•intellectual curiosity
•‘Why do you ask?’ ‘Oh, just idle curiosity ’ (= no particular reason).
2. countable an unusual and interesting thing
•The museum is full of historical curiosities.
Idiom: ↑curiosity killed the cat

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French curiousete, from Latin curiositas, from curiosus ‘careful’, from cura ‘care’.

Example Bank:
•Harry's curiosity got the better of him and he unlocked the cupboard
•I needed to satisfy my curiosity about what it was like to make records.
•Kaylee stood staring with open curiosity.
•School should awaken a child's natural curiosity.
•She has an insatiable curiosity about life.
•The children watched us with mild curiosity.
•Their curiosity was aroused by his strange behaviour.
•We went to the show out of curiosity more than anything else.
•‘Why do you ask?’ ‘Oh, just idle curiosity ’.
•I felt a certain curiosity to see what would happen next.
•Sophie's curiosity was aroused by the mysterious phone call.
•The letter wasn't addressed to me but I opened it out of curiosity.