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.)
  1. Old photographs seem quaint to us today.旧照片现在就我们来看来似乎古怪有趣。
  2. The meadow and brook are quaint.草地和小河很有趣。
  3. Grandma lives in a quaint old cottage.奶奶住在一栋古色古香的乡间别墅里。
  4. Our neighbor is a quaint old lady.我们的邻居是位古怪的老太太。
  5. 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.
  1. Grandma lives in a quaint cottage.奶奶住在一栋古色古香的别墅里。
  2. There were many small lanes in the quaint village.在这古香古色的村庄里有很多小巷。
  3. 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
  1. 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
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