quaint是什么意思？

quaint

英[kweɪnt] 美[kwent]

• 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;

最高级：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-fashioned, odd, curious,
• quaint的同义词之：其他释义
  colorful, curious, fanciful, scenic, odd, old-fashioned, singular,

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：侧重令人奇怪的或独一无二的特性，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"