| 单词 | quaint |
| 释义 | quaint (kweɪnt ) Word forms: quainter , quaintest adjective Something that is quaint is attractive because it is unusual and old-fashioned. ...a small, quaint town with narrow streets. That's how concepts like general welfare start to sound quaint in this age. quaintly adverb [usually ADVERB adjective] This may seem a quaintly old-fashioned idea. quaintness uncountable noun ...the quaintness of the rural north. [+ of] Collocations: quaint relic The idea of fair play seems now to be little more than a quaint relic from another century. Times, Sunday Times With the telegraph and transatlantic cable connecting cotton growers directly to international buyers and manufacturers, the old merchants' world of the mid-nineteenth century was a quaint relic. The Times Literary Supplement Throughout the rest of the century, canals were perceived as quaint relics of pre-industrial times and began yielding to rail across the country. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Not for the quaint village atmosphere. The Sun (2009) Much of the quaint village is a conservation area. Times, Sunday Times (2010) There is lots of green space, dotted with quaint village pubs that have open fires. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Translations: Chinese: 离奇有趣的 Japanese: 古風で趣のある |
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