英语词汇“quaint”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	quaint
释义	quaint I. \ˈkwānt\ adjective (-er/-est) Etymology: Middle English queinte, cointe, from Old French cointe expert, elegant, from Latin cognitus, past participle of cognoscere to become acquainted with, know — more at cognition 1. obsolete a. : marked as cunning, scheming, crafty, artful, or wily < the quaint smooth rogue — Thomas Otway > b. : characterized by knowledge, skill, or learning; especially : skilled in the use of language < how quaint an orator — Shakespeare > 2. a. : characterized by cleverness or ingenuity : skillfully wrought or artfully contrived < the arming of each joint, in every piece how neat and quaint — Michael Drayton > < quaint with many a device in India ink — Herman Melville > < set in the close-grained wood were quaint devices — Amy Lowell > b. : marked by beauty or elegance of appearancehandsome < a body so fantastic, trim, and quaint in its deportment and attire — William Cowper > < the quaint, powerful simplicity which sculptors sometimes had — Nathaniel Hawthorne > c. : marked by ingenuity or refinement of language < a new thought or conceit dressed up in smooth quaint language — Richard Steele > 3. a. (1) : unusual or different in character or appearance : odd, strange < came forth a quaint and fearful sight — Sir Walter Scott > < my stroll was marked … by only one quaint happening — William Beebe > (2) : so unusual or different as to be bizarre, eccentric, or incongruous < the head terminating in the quaint duck bill which gives the animal its vernacular name — Bill Beatty > < this horse … with so many quaint points and characteristics — Johnston Forbes-Robertson > b. : uncommon, old-fashioned, or unfamiliar but often agreeable or attractive in character, appearance, or action : picturesque < a vaulted roof supporting a quaint chimney, much admired — Aubrey Drury > < dresses with a quaint old-fashioned elegance — Current Biography > < a quaint pronunciation of English words that delighted her listeners — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > < to make our present knowledge seem incomplete and quaint — Alan Gregg > c. : affectedly or artificially unfamiliar, old-fashioned, or picturesque < a tendency to be a little too quaint — Jerome Stone > < they appeal to tourists as quaint — C.K.Kluckhohn > < the summer folk … left the land to the quaint natives — W.G.O'Donnell > 4. obsolete : overly discriminating or needlessly meticulous : fastidious < being too quaint and finical in his expression — Roger L'Estrange > 5. : highly incongruous, inappropriate, or illogical : naive, unreasonable — usually used ironically < out of a quaint sense of honesty — Paul Engle > < the quaint notion that a speaker should be heard as well as understood — H.F. & Katharine Pringle > < quaint notion that it is a writer's business to write — J.K.Hutchens > Synonyms: see strange II. verb Etymology: Middle English coynten, quainten, short for acoynten, aquainten to acquaint — more at acquaint chiefly dialect : acquaint
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