单词：quaint
s. very strange or unusual; odd or even incongruous in character or appearance
考试类型：[托福/GRE]
quaint的用法和样例：
例句
- 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
- 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。
- Old photographs seem quaint to us today.旧相片现在看来似乎挺古怪。
词汇搭配
- 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. JeromePersonalities as..quaint and idiosyncratic as characters in a novel by Dickens.
出自：D. CecilHowever quaint this may sound today, it is a notion which has persisted well into our century.
出自：Classical Quarterly
- 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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