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quaint

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英 [kweɪnt]

美 [kwent]

adj.离奇有趣的;古色古香的;古怪的

副词: quaintly 比较级: quainter 最高级: quaintest 名词: quaintness

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adj.(形容词)
  • 古色古香的 charmingly old-fashioned
  • 少见的,古怪的 unusual;odd;strange

1. 奇特的;古色古香的;古雅的
Something that is quaint is attractive because it is unusual and rather old-fashioned.

e.g. ...a small, quaint town with narrow streets and traditional half-timbered houses...
一座有着狭窄街道和传统的露木架房屋的古色古香的小镇
e.g. That's how concepts like general welfare start to sound quaint in this age.
就这样,民众福利这一类概念在这个时代开始变得陈旧起来。

quaintly
This may seem a quaintly old-fashioned idea.
这似乎是一个古怪而落伍的想法。quaintness
...the quaintness of the rural north.
北方农村的古朴

1. 稀奇的,古怪的:digit 爪子;数字 | quaint 稀奇的,古怪的 | exquisite 精美的,华丽的

2. 古怪的:flirt 调情 | quaint 古怪的 | acquaint 熟悉,见怪不怪

3. 离奇有趣的, 奇怪的, 做得很精巧的:quail ) 畏惧;畏缩;沮丧 | quaint 离奇有趣的, 奇怪的, 做得很精巧的 | split 劈开, (使)裂开, 分裂, 分离

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  • Grandma lives in a quaint cottage.
    奶奶住在一栋古色古香的别墅里。
  • There were many small lanes in the quaint village.
    在这古香古色的村庄里有很多小巷。
  • They still keep some quaint old customs.
    他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。
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  • The quaint back streets of Kingston.

    出自:J. K. Jerome
  • Personalities as..quaint and idiosyncratic as characters in a novel by Dickens.

    出自:D. Cecil
  • However quaint this may sound today, it is a notion which has persisted well into our century.

    出自:Classical Quarterly
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This quaint custom should be revived.(应该恢复这一独特的风俗。)
Lord, how marvellous a thing it is, the grip his memory doth take upon his quaint and crazy fancies!(主啊,这是多么奇妙的一件事啊!他的记忆抓住了他那古怪而疯狂的幻想!)
It seems quaint that critics once complained that finance was all about untrammelled markets and deregulation.(批评家曾经抱怨金融业务都在围绕着不受制约的市场和违规行为打转,眼下这倒显得奇怪。)
Vistas of the lake reveal a serene scene surrounded by palatial villas, tree-clad mountains, and quaint villages.(湖的景色透露着宁静安详,周围是富丽堂皇的别墅,绿树覆盖的山脉和古雅的村庄。)
Apostrophes that once distinguished between "its" and "it's" seem quaint and arbitrary.(曾经区分“its”和“its”中的省略符看上去奇怪且含义不清。)
That view now looks quaint.(现在看来,这是一个古怪的观点。)
And, the idea of a space ark carrying a boatload of colonists here is a quaint 16th-century notion.(而且,一艘方舟运来大量殖民者的想法也是来自16世纪的古怪念头。)
His style is quaint.(他的风格是古灵精怪的。)
I think in ten years the TV show 'the Office' will be seen as a quaint antique.(我想10年后或许我们电视节目播放一部“办公室”都会被视为稀奇的古董了。)
Or just potter around the quaint little Kalk Bay Harbour.(或者不用开车,仅仅在古色古香的的港口闲逛就能欣赏自然的风光。)
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