quaint
quaint 英 [kweɪnt] 美 [kwent]
adj. 古雅的；古色古香的
比较级:quainter 最高级:quaintest
- Quaint means strange and unusual in an old-fashioned and charming way. It's a word you'd use to describe a little store that sells tea cozies and antique tea services, or your grandmother's habit of calling the radio the "wireless."
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- adj. 古雅的；古色古香的
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1. quaint old customs
稀奇的古老习俗
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2. a quaint seaside village
古朴典雅的海滨村庄
- quaint (adj.) c. 1200, cointe, "cunning, ingenious; proud," from Old French cointe "knowledgeable, well-informed; clever; arrogant, proud; elegant, gracious," from Latin cognitus "known, approved," past participle of cognoscere "get or come to know well" (see cognizance). Modern spelling is from early 14c.
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