quaint
quaint
英[kweɪnt]美[kweɪnt]
adj.古色古香的，少见的，古怪的，离奇有趣的，做得精巧的；
比较级：quainter;
*高级：quaintest;
副词：quaintly;
名词：quaintness;
例句
a quaint thatched cottage古朴的用茅草盖屋顶的村舍
They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。
Grandma lives in a quaint old cottage.奶奶住在一栋古色古香的乡间别墅里。
Over the parapet showed quaint and fanciful little buildings.栏杆里有一些古雅精致的小建筑物.
The piano has a quaint old - world tone about it.这架钢琴的音色具有一种古雅的 老式 风味.
There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里,有很多小巷.
a quaint seaside village古朴典雅的海滨村庄
His ideas were quaint and fantastic . She brought him judiciously to earth.他的看法荒廖古怪,她颇有见识地劝他面对现实.
Here was an old church, quaint and rambling and gabled.这儿有一座古老的教堂, 样子古雅,显得零乱,是带山墙的建筑.
...a rather quaint lodge with a steeply-pitched roof.屋顶大幅倾斜的相当老式别致的小屋
同义词
adj.
quaint的同义词之：古怪的;奇特的
old-fashionedoddcuriousquaint的同义词之：其他释义
colorfulcuriousfancifulscenicoddold-fashionedsingular同义词解析
以下这些形容词均含有"奇怪的，奇异的，新奇的" 的意思
queer：指一种无法解释的怪诞，强调事物的奇特和不可思议。
odd：通常指不规律、偶尔出现的人或事物，往往令人困惑或奇怪。
funny：较通俗用词，指奇怪得滑稽可笑或反常。
crazy：多指与众不同的行为、外表或人与物本身，含荒唐可笑或神经不正常的意味。
curious：通常指非常特别或能引起注意、研究或探索的奇特。
peculiar：侧重令人奇怪的或的特性，也指性格特征方面显著的与众不同之处。
strange：普通常用词，含义广泛，指陌生新奇、奇怪、奇怪或不自然的人或物。
eccentric：指偏离常规的怪异或怪癖。
quaint：指古色古香，会人感到既奇怪又有趣。
singular：通常指异常或奇特，暗含不同于一般。
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
ADJ-GRADED
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.
例句
...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。英汉词典释义
adj.
新奇有趣的；古色古香的
Grandma lives in a quaint old cottage.奶奶住在一栋古色古香的乡间别墅里。少见的, 古怪的
They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。英英词典释义
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"- Bill Beatty"came forth a quaint and fearful sight"- Sir Walter Scott"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"
