quaint
adj.(形容词)quaint.er,quaint.est Odd, especially in an old-fashioned way:离奇的:奇异的,尤指以一种老式的方法:例句:.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)
Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange:古怪的:特征不熟悉或不寻常的;奇怪的:例句:quaint dialect words.See Synonyms at strange 古怪的方言单词参见 strange
来源:Middle English [clever, cunning, peculiar] 中古英语 [聪明、狡猾、特殊] from Old French queinte, cointe 源自 古法语 queinte, cointe from Latin cognitus [past participle of] cognôscere [to learn] * see cognition 源自 拉丁语 cognitus [] cognôscere的过去分词 [学习] *参见 cognition
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quaint.ly
adv.(副词)quaint.ness
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