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

• 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。
• 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。
• 廉价小饰物；小玩意儿
  a small cheap object sold as a toy or a decorative object

adj.

• 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

• N-UNCOUNT 新奇性;新颖
  Noveltyis 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。
• N-COUNT 新奇的事物
  Anoveltyis 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。
• N-COUNT 廉价小饰物;小玩意
  Noveltiesare 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。

英英释义

noun

• cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing
  Synonym:banglebaublegaudgewgawfallaltrinket
• a small inexpensive mass-produced article
  Synonym:knickknack
• originality by virtue of being refreshingly novel
  Synonym:freshness
• originality by virtue of being new and surprising
  Synonym:freshness

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• The novelty of the situation intrigued him.
  周围环境的独具一格令他着迷。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。