quaint的例句

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"
   "came forth a quaint and fearful sight"
   "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"
   

1. 稀奇的,古怪的：digit 爪子;数字 |quaint 稀奇的,古怪的 | exquisite 精美的,华丽的

2. 古怪的：flirt 调情 |quaint 古怪的 | acquaint 熟悉,见怪不怪

3. 离奇有趣的, 奇怪的, 做得很精巧的：quail ) 畏惧;畏缩;沮丧 |quaint 离奇有趣的, 奇怪的, 做得很精巧的 | split 劈开, (使)裂开, , 分离

• quaint dresses古怪的服装
• quaint village customs稀奇古怪的农村习俗

• The quaint back streets of Kingston.

  出自：J. K. Jerome

• Personalities as..quaint and idiosyncratic as characters in a novel by Dickens.

  出自：D. Cecil

• However quaint this may sound today, it is a notion which has persisted well into our century.

  出自：Classical Quarterly

queer，odd，funny，crazy，curious，peculiar，strange，eccentric，quaint，singular

这些形容词均含有“奇怪的，奇异的，新奇的”之意。

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。