英 [kweɪnt] 美 [kweɪnt]
adj. 奇特有趣的，古色古香的；做得很精巧的
比较级quainter或more quaint
最高级quaintest或most quaint
quaint /kweɪnt/ CET6+ TEM8 [ quainter quaintest ]
形容词 Something that is quaint is attractive because it is old-fashioned. 古雅的
...a small, quaint town with narrow streets and traditional half-timbered houses.
…一座古朴的小镇，有着狭窄的街道和传统的半木制房屋。
strange in an interesting or pleasing way
quaint dialect words ; quaint streets of New Orleans, that most foreign of American cities
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
attractively old-fashioned (but not necessarily authentic)
houses with quaint thatched roofs
同义词： old-time / olde worlde
... chaos混乱、动荡、不安（深圳新东方） quaint古怪的 acquaint熟悉 ...
... courageous 有胆量的，勇敢的 quaint 古雅的;奇怪的;离奇有趣的;做得很精巧的 sparkling 闪闪发光的，闪烁的;起泡沫的 ...
... courageous 有胆量的，勇敢的 quaint 古雅的;奇怪的;离奇有趣的;做得很精巧的 sparkling 闪闪发光的，闪烁的;起泡沫的 ...
quaintly 离奇有趣地；古雅地；优雅地
quaintness 离奇有趣；古怪之事物
This quaint custom should be revived.
应该恢复这一独特的风俗。
It is a quaint and marvellous thought!
这是一个古怪而又奇妙的想法！
Lord, how marvellous a thing it is, the grip his memory doth take upon his quaint and crazy fancies!
主啊，这是多么奇妙的一件事啊！他的记忆抓住了他那古怪而疯狂的幻想！
He hears a noise at the window. Here is the beginning of the poem: Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered,weak and weary,Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore -- While I nodded,nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping -- rapping at my chamber door.
VOA : special.2010.10.31
Hardy is full of all those quaint gothic, archaic dictions and fancies.
哈迪满是那样奇特有趣的哥特式想法，古代措辞和想象力。
现代诗歌课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Honor to so many of us sounds quaint, like an honor code or the Boy Scouts' code or something like that or something primitive, some kind of primitive ethic which we therefore don't really understand.
荣誉，对我们中大多数而言，听起来都会很奇怪，这就像是在说荣誉代码,童子军守则或一些类似的东西一样，亦或是一些非常原始的理论,以致于我们根本不知道这是在说什么。
政治哲学导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
That means the people of quaint Cape May,New Jersey, may already be busy, airing out their sumptuous homes in preparation for the annual rush of beach-loving guests.
VOA : standard.2010.03.15
The two best rooms have private balconies overlooking the quaint, pedestrianised tourist strip of Duolun Road.
It would make the last few months of government intervention in Wall Street look quaint.
It will make cloning look organic, and the ways we have babies today quaint.
FORBES: For Synthetic Biologists, the Lab is the Place to Procreate