novelty
noun
uk/ˈnɒv.əl.ti/us/ˈnɑː.vəl.t̬i/C2[U]
thequalityof being new andunusual:
新颖,新奇The novelty of thesetoyssoonworeoffand thechildrenbecameboredwith them.孩子们对这些玩具的新鲜感很快消失了,开始厌倦起来。
InBritainin the 1950s,televisionstill had noveltyvalue.在20世纪50年代的英国,电视机曾经是一种新奇的事物。
C2[C]
something that has not beenexperiencedbefore and so isinteresting:
新奇的事物Tourists are still a novelty on thisremoteisland.罕有游客造访这座偏僻的岛屿。
[C]
acheapunusualobjectsuch as asmalltoy, often given as apresent:
(常作为礼物赠送的)新奇廉价的物品Theshopsellsgiftsand other novelties.这家店出售礼物和其他新奇玩意。
AChristmascrackerusuallycontainsapaperhat, ajoke, and a novelty.圣诞节彩包爆竹中通常装有纸帽、笑话和新颖的小玩意儿。
a noveltyitem新奇的小物件
New
- afresh
- be ahead of the curveidiom
- box-fresh
- brand new
- breath
- imaginative
- infancy
- injection
- ink
- innovation
- newborn
- newfound
- newish
- newly
- newness
- novel
- the avant-garde
- the ink is not dry/still wetidiom
- up-to-the-minuteidiom
- youth
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