quaint

简明英汉词典

quaint

[kweint]

adj.

离奇有趣的, 奇怪的, 做得很精巧的

美国传统词典[双解]

quaint

quaint

AHD:[kw3nt]

D.J.[kweint]

K.K.[kwent]

adj.（形容词）

quaint.er， quaint.est

(1)Odd, especially in an old-fashioned way:

离奇的：奇异的，尤指以一种老式的方法：

“There is something almost quaint in the image of Irish organized crime, something that calls to mind old movies with Jimmy Cagney”(James Traub)

“在爱尔兰有组织犯罪的影像中，有一些离奇古怪的东西，这让人想起吉米·卡格尼的老式电影”(詹姆斯·特劳布)

(2)Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange:

古怪的：特征不熟悉或不寻常的；奇怪的：

quaint dialect words.See Synonyms at strange

古怪的方言单词参见 strange

语源

(1)Middle English [clever, cunning, peculiar]

中古英语 [聪明、狡猾、特殊]

(2)from Old French queinte, cointe

源自 古法语 queinte, cointe

(3)from Latin cognitus [past participle of] cogn?scere [to learn] * see cognition

源自 拉丁语 cognitus [] cogn?scere的过去分词 [学习] *参见 cognition

继承用法

quaint“ly

adv.（副词）

quaint“ness

n.（名词）

现代英汉词典

quaint

[kweInt]

adj.

-er, -est

离奇有趣的；古怪有趣的

quaint customs

离奇的风俗

现代英汉综合大辞典

quaint

[kweint]

adj.

(1)离奇有趣的; 优雅的; 奇怪的

(2)做得很精巧的

(3)性格或外表异常的, 奇特的

a quaint old house

一座古雅的老房子

a quaint method

一个奇怪的方法

继承用法

quaintly

adv.

quaintness

n.

英文相关词典

quaint

curiousoddold-fashioned

美国传统词典

quaint

quaint

AHD:[kw3nt]

D.J.[kweint]

K.K.[kwent]

adj.

quaint.er, quaint.est

(1)Odd, especially in an old-fashioned way:

“There is something almost quaint in the image of Irish organized crime, something that calls to mind old movies with Jimmy Cagney”(James Traub)

(2)Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange:

quaint dialect words.See Synonyms at strange

语源

(1)Middle English [clever, cunning, peculiar]

(2)from Old French queinte, cointe

(3)from Latin cognitus [past participle of] cogn?scere [to learn] * see cognition

继承用法

quaint“ly

adv.

quaint“ness

n.

英汉化学大词典

quaint

adj.离奇的,精巧的

英汉计算机大词典

quaint

adj.离奇的(精巧的)