quaint

quaint音标

英 [kweɪnt]

美 [kwent]

quaint基本释义

adj.离奇有趣的；古色古香的；古怪的

quaint用法及例句

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。

quaintlyThis 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

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作形容词(adj.)

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。

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

quaint dresses古怪的服装

quaint village customs稀奇古怪的农村习俗

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

近义词

临近词

peculiar奇怪的

extraordinary非凡的

Old-Fashioned老式的

funny可笑的

strange奇怪的

weird离奇的

odd奇数的

pretty相当地

olde worlde古老的

bizarre奇异的

charming迷人的

colorful华美的

crazy疯狂的

appealing引起兴趣的

attractive有吸引力的

old-time古时的

picturesque如画的

singular单数的

curious好奇的

fanciful想像的

eccentric古怪的

old-world以前的

unusual异常的

antiquated陈旧的

queer古怪的

scenic风景好的

quaint old customs

Quaint dialect words.

quaint character

quaint dialect words

Quainton

quail

quaintly

quaint custom

quaintly charming

quaint customs

quake

quaintness

相关列句

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。)