quaint

  扩展词汇  
[kweɪnt]     [kweɪnt]    
  • adj. 离奇有趣的;古色古香的;古怪的
quaintly quainter quaintest quaintness
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quaint的英文翻译是什么意思,词典释义与在线翻译:

双解释义

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

英英释义

Adjective:
  1. strange in an interesting or pleasing way;

    "quaint dialect words"
    "quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities"

  2. very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance;

    "the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name"
    "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"
    "a quaint sense of humor"

  3. attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic);

    "houses with quaint thatched roofs"
    "a vaulted roof supporting old-time chimney pots"

quaint的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)
  1. Old photographs seem quaint to us today.
    旧照片现在就我们来看来似乎古怪有趣。
  2. The meadow and brook are quaint.
    草地和小河很有趣。
  3. Grandma lives in a quaint old cottage.
    奶奶住在一栋古色古香的乡间别墅里。
  4. Our neighbor is a quaint old lady.
    我们的邻居是位古怪的老太太。
  5. They still keep some quaint old customs.
    他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)
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经典引文

  • 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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派生词

adj.(形容词)
  • quaintly adv. 古怪地

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