单词 | quaint |
释义 | quaint[kweint]a. 古雅的, 离奇有趣的, 奇怪的 quaint quaint AHD: [kw³nt] D.J. [kwe!nt]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”(&b{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 &b{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] cogn½scere [to learn] * see cognition 源自 拉丁语 cognitus [] cogn½scere的过去分词 [学习] *参见 cognition继承用法:quaint“ly adv.(副词)quaint“ness n.(名词) |
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