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quaint AHD[kwānt] D.J.[kweɪnt]K.K.[kwent]adj.（形容词）quaint.er, quaint.est - Odd, especially in an old-fashioned way:离奇的：奇异的，尤指以一种老式的方法："There is something almost quaint in the image of Irish organized crime, something that calls to mind old movies with Jimmy Cagney"(James Traub)“在爱尔兰有组织犯罪的影像中，有一些离奇古怪的东西，这让人想起吉米·卡格尼的老式电影”(詹姆斯·特劳布)
- Unfamiliar or unusual in character; strange:古怪的：特征不熟悉或不寻常的；奇怪的：quaint dialect words.See Synonyms at strange 古怪的方言单词 参见 strange
- Middle English [clever, cunning, peculiar] 中古英语 [聪明、狡猾、特殊]
- from Old French queinte, cointe 源自 古法语 queinte, cointe
- from Latin cognitus [past participle of] cognōscere [to learn] * see cognition 源自 拉丁语 cognitus cognōscere的过去分词 [学习] * 参见 cognition
quaintʹly adv.（副词）quaintʹness n.（名词） |