quaint
英 [kweɪnt]
美[kwent]
- adj. 古雅的；奇怪的；离奇有趣的；做得很精巧的
英英释意
- 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"
双语例句
- 1. Boppard is a small, quaint town with narrow streets.
- 博帕德是一个有着许多深巷窄道、古香古色的小镇。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. a quaint seaside village
- 古朴典雅的海滨村庄
来自《权威词典》
- 3. There were many small lanes in the quaint village.
- 在这古香古色的村庄里,有很多小巷.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. 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.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》