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Quaint Adj Kweint A.离奇有趣的 英 离奇有趣的(Unusual Attractive 例

单词 quaint
音标 [kweint]
解释 a.离奇有趣的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 离奇有趣的(unusual and attractive)
【例】 quaint old customs
字源 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.
Later in English, "elaborate, skillfully made" (c.1300); "strange and clever" (mid-14c.). Sense of "old-fashioned but charming" is first attested 1795, and could describe the word itself, which had become rare after c.1700 (though it soon recovered popularity in this secondary sense). Related: Quaintly; quaintness.
不择手段背单词 adj. 离奇有趣的(不熟悉或不寻常的)
【记】quai = kuai快, nt = NT: 快用NT系统吧, 因为NT是离奇有趣的
趣味全助记 【记】与acquaint意思相反;queen+ed 王后的,王后是优雅精巧的,也是老式不熟悉不寻常的;音:怪,古怪的
【相关】acquaint 使熟知

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