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novelty

美音:[´nɔvəltı ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
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n.新颖,新奇,新鲜,新奇的事物

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novelty为短语/超纲词汇

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名词复数:novelties

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nov=new(新的)

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novelty


/'nɒvltɪ; `nɑvltɪ/
n
1 [U] quality of being novel; newness; strangeness 新奇; 新颖; 奇异
*The novelty of his surroundings soon wore off, ie He grew accustomed to them. 他对环境的新鲜感很快就消失了.
* [attrib 作定语] There's a certain novelty value in this approach. 这种方法含有某种创新的意义.
2 [C] previously unknown thing, experience, etc; new or strange thing or person新鲜的事物、经验等; 新奇的事物或人
*A British businessman who can speak a foreign language is still something of a novelty. 能说某种外国语的英国商人仍可算是新奇人物.
3 [C] small toy, ornament, etc of low value (廉价的)小玩具、小装饰品等
*a chocolate egg with a plastic novelty inside 内藏塑料小玩意儿的蛋形巧克力.

novelty


npluralnovelties
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: novelté, from novel; NOVEL2]
[U]
the quality of being new, unusual, and interesting
novelty of
 the novelty of the ideas
 Many toys have no attraction beyond their novelty value .
 It was fun for a while, but the novelty wore off (=it became boring) .
[C]
something new and unusual which attracts people's attention and interest
 Then the Internet was still something of a novelty.
[C]
an unusual, small, cheap object, often given as a present
 a selection of novelties and t-shirts
 a novelty key-ring
1. Riding was a novelty to her.
    骑马对她来说是件新鲜事。

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