novelty

英 [ˈnɒvlti] 美 [ˈnɑːvlti]

n.  新奇; 新颖; 新鲜; 新奇的事物(或人、环境); 廉价小饰物; 小玩意儿
adj.  新奇的; 风格独特的

复数:novelties

CET6考研TOEFLIELTSGRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.7558 / COCA.7961



牛津词典

noun

  1. 新奇;新颖;新鲜
    the quality of being new, different and interesting
    1. It was fun working there at first but the novelty soon wore off (= it became boring) .
      开始的时候在那里工作很有趣,但这股新鲜劲很快就过去了。
    2. There's a certain novelty value in this approach.
      这种方法有一定的新意。
  2. 新奇的事物(或人、环境)
    a thing, person or situation that is interesting because it is new, unusual, or has not been known before
    1. Electric-powered cars are still something of a novelty.
      电动汽车仍然是一种新鲜玩意儿。
  3. 廉价小饰物;小玩意儿
    a small cheap object sold as a toy or a decorative object

    adj.

    1. 新奇的;风格独特的
      different and unusual; intended to be amusing and to catch people's attention
      1. a novelty teapot
        新颖独特的茶壶

    柯林斯词典

    1. N-UNCOUNT 新奇性;新颖
      Novelty is the quality of being different, new, and unusual.
      1. In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.
        在当代西方社会,快速变化的时尚迎合了人们追求新奇和个性的需求。
    2. N-COUNT 新奇的事物
      A novelty is something that is new and therefore interesting.
      1. Seeing people queuing for food was a novelty...
        看到人们排队买食品是件新鲜事。
      2. It came from the days when a motor car was a novelty.
        这要从轿车还是新鲜玩意儿那会儿说起。
    3. N-COUNT 廉价小饰物;小玩意
      Novelties are cheap toys, ornaments, or other objects that are sold as presents or souvenirs.
      1. At Easter, we give them plastic eggs filled with small toys, novelties and coins.
        复活节时,我们给他们分发塑料彩蛋,里面装着小玩具、新颖的小玩意儿和硬币。

    双语例句

    1. It's a bore to be sick, and the novelty of lying in bed all day wears off quickly.
      生病是件烦人的事,整天躺在床上的新鲜劲很快就没了。
    2. The novelty of the situation intrigued him.
      周围环境的独具一格令他着迷。
    3. In the contemporary western world, rapidly changing styles cater to a desire for novelty and individualism.
      在当代西方社会,快速变化的时尚迎合了人们追求新奇和个性的需求。
    4. Seeing people queuing for food was a novelty
      看到人们排队买食品是件新鲜事。
    5. It came from the days when a motor car was a novelty.
      这要从轿车还是新鲜玩意儿那会儿说起。
    6. At Easter, we give them plastic eggs filled with small toys, novelties and coins.
      复活节时,我们给他们分发塑料彩蛋,里面装着小玩具、新颖的小玩意儿和硬币。
    7. When you realise they are singing the same songs over again, the novelty wears off
      当你意识到他们开始从头演唱同样的歌曲时,新鲜感也就没有了。
    8. There may well have been a piquant novelty about her books when they came out.
      她的书问世时可能确有引人入胜的新颖之处。
    9. They're treating it like a game, a novelty. That's got to stop.
      他们把这件事当成了一个游戏,觉得很新鲜。不能再那样下去了。
    10. Having a mid-morning party certainly adds novelty value.
      在上午10点左右开派对一定会增加新鲜感。
    11. For many the philosophy was merely a fashion, and the novelty soon wore off
      对许多人来说哲学只是一种时髦罢了,不久就没新鲜感了。
    12. There's little novelty in his writing.
      他写的东西没什么新意。
    13. It was quite a novelty to spend my holidays working on a boat.
      在船上工作来度过我的假期是件相当新奇的事。
    14. The personal computer is no longer a novelty.
      个人计算机已经不再是什么新奇的东西了。
    15. Upon the whole the novelty attracted him. She came up with a novel solution to the problem.
      总的说来,这个新奇的事物吸引着他。她想出了一个解决问题的新奇的办法。
    16. The novelty of this approach is that a common base layer is extracted from the BPM and workflow technologies.
      这种方法的创新之处在于从BPM和工作流技术中提取了一个公共基础层。
    17. Challenge and novelty are key elements of happiness.
      挑战和新颖是快乐中关键元素。
    18. There are advantages as well as problems in the service of the university novelty searching institution.
      高校的科技查新机构在开展科技查新服务时有优势,但也存在一些问题。
    19. Mr Blair and Ms Rowling won instant acclaim for their novelty and charm.
      布莱尔和罗琳凭借自己的新颖和魅力立刻赢得了喝彩。
    20. One thing is clear: novelty and challenge bring happiness.
      有一点是明显的:新颖和挑战会带来快乐。
    21. This paper discusses the construction of sci-tech novelty retrieval system, introduces the design thread of sci-tech novelty retrieval system, and expounds its system design system implementation.
      讨论了科技查新工作系统的建设,介绍了科技查新工作系统的设计思路,阐述了其系统设计和系统实现。
    22. "These people are motivated by risk, uncertainty, novelty, variety," he explained.
      他解释说:这些人在危险性、不确定性、新奇感和多样性的激励下而参加冒险活动。
    23. Beauty should have the qualities of truth, objectiveness, social utility, emotion and novelty.
      美应该具有真实性、客观性、社会功利性、情感性和新颖性的特征。
    24. It has been proven that the novelty detection technique can perform the damage alarming well.
      大量的研究证明新奇检测技术可以较好地应用于结构的损伤预警。
    25. The novelty expert system could diagnose error sources in this paper.
      文中新颖的专家系统能诊断误差源。
    26. The demand is for quality, variety and novelty.
      现在需求的是质量、花式品种和新颖性。
    27. Novelty, improvisation, self-expression, and blinding inspiration are not neoclassical virtues.
      新颖性,即兴创作,自我表达和致盲灵感不是新古典主义的美德。
    28. But it's a novelty and captures the imagination.
      但它很新奇,捕获了人们的想象力。
    29. Into the appearance of novelty and truth.
      以新奇和真实的样子出现。
    30. The novelty and importance of ITS make people aggrandize the devotion to study it by a long way.
      ITS的新颖性和重要性使得人们对其研究的投入大大增加。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

        Synonym:    banglebaublegaudgewgawfallaltrinket

      1. a small inexpensive mass-produced article

          Synonym:    knickknack

        1. originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel

            Synonym:    freshness

          1. originality by virtue of being new and surprising

              Synonym:    freshness