音标：[kweint] ；柯林斯词典等级：1 级；

a. 古雅的, 离奇有趣的, 奇怪的

s. strange in an interesting or pleasing way
s. very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance

词型变化：形容词比较级 : quainter ; 形容词最高级 : quaintest
考试类型：[托福/GRE]

词性分布：

形容词100%

quaint的用法和样例：

例句

用作形容词(adj.)

Old photographs seem quaint to us today.旧照片现在就我们来看来似乎古怪有趣。
The meadow and brook are quaint.草地和小河很有趣。
Grandma lives in a quaint old cottage.奶奶住在一栋古色古香的乡间别墅里。
Our neighbor is a quaint old lady.我们的邻居是位古怪的老太太。
They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)

用作定语～+ n.

Grandma lives in a quaint cottage.奶奶住在一栋古色古香的别墅里。
There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里有很多小巷。
They still keep some quaint old customs.他们仍然保留着一些稀奇古怪的旧风俗。

用作表语S+be+～+ prep. -phrase

Old photographs seem quaint to us today.旧相片现在看来似乎挺古怪。

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

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

经典引文

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

【近义词】

Old-Fashioned老式的
curious好奇的
odd奇数的
singular单数的
strange奇怪的
colorful华美的
scenic风景好的
fanciful想像的
peculiar奇怪的
old-world以前的
picturesque如画的
antiquated陈旧的
charming迷人的
pretty相当地
attractive有吸引力的
appealing引起兴趣的
bizarre奇异的
weird离奇的
extraordinary非凡的
unusual异常的
olde worlde古老的
funny可笑的
queer古怪的
crazy疯狂的
eccentric古怪的
old-time古时的

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