quaintness

英 [kweɪntnəs] 美 [kweɪntnəs]

• n. 古怪(精致)

英英释义

Noun:

1. the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned;

   "she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing"
   

2. strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned;

   "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. But, in spite of their quaintness, a little study revealed that the old reading books have many redeeming features.
   可是，只要稍加研究就不难发现，老书尽管古怪，却包含着不少优点。

词汇搭配

• quaint 离奇有趣的

近反义词

【近义词】

• strangeness 奇妙
• peculiarity 特质
• oddness 奇怪
• weirdness 古怪
• curiousness 不寻常
• curiosity 好奇心
• charm 魅力
• antiqueness 古事
• appeal 恳求；呼吁
• attraction 吸引
• attractiveness 魅力
• prettiness 漂亮