curious

meraklı

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Basit İngilizce açıklama: Wanting to find out or learn about things.

• Children are naturally curious.
• I was curious about her new job.
• Are you curious to know what happened?

Nasıl kullanılır: curious about someone/something (She is curious about life abroad.); curious to do something (I was curious to see the results.)

Eş anlamlılar: inquisitive, interested

Zıt anlamlılar: uninterested

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: curious about something, curious child, curious to know

tuhaf, garip

İnsanı düşündüren, alışılmışın dışında veya garip.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Strange or unusual in a way that makes you wonder about it.

• That is a curious noise.
• We noticed a curious mark on the wall.
• It was curious that nobody remembered his name.

Nasıl kullanılır: it is curious that… (It is curious that both letters arrived today.)

Eş anlamlılar: odd, strange, unusual

Zıt anlamlılar: ordinary

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: a curious thing, curious coincidence, curious behavior, curious creature