| 词汇 | example_english_quaint |
| 释义 | Examples of quaintThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. In the next scene we find this quaint and otherwise forgettable metaphor developed to grotesque effect. Never has a daintier, quainter, more plaintive little singer graced the boards of the lyric stage... From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Although shepherding now seems quaint, it was and remains an ideal sheep management system under a broad range of social, cultural and environmental conditions. A few errors and quaint historical interpretations can be found in the text but anyone coming fresh to this subject will find this book a valuable source of reference. Over the past several decades islanders have come into increasingly frequent contact with tourists and new residents, who often comment on the island's "quaint" relic dialect. In quaint academic circles, people are starting to look at how the system can be skewered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Then he adds the quaint observation that people have been misled into thinking that they are better off. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are finally starting to move away from the quaint and quirky stars and crowns that confuse many people, especially overseas visitors. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If that is what they say, their views are as quaint as the views of those who believed that the earth was flat. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are many other equally satisfying forms of enjoyment and entertainment for children, besides performing animal acts, with their quaint and barbaric appearance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the first instance, the designation is quaint and obsolete, but that is not the main trouble. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The websites are eccentric, quaint and charming but must be immensely misleading to foreigners, if they can find them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are many things that could be characterised as quaint and irrelevant. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When we look back, with all the wisdom of hindsight, some of its provisions seem a little quaint to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However quaint, the object was to announce the new owner of the land to the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They tell each other of horrible customs, quaint beliefs and a strange, primitive mindset entirely alien to modern, sophisticated, metropolitan man. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can see no other industry which has such quaint rules. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Clause 3(7) is rather quaint but in 1994 it is very old-fashioned. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To use the rather quaint language of the police description, the lady was walking rather peculiarly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Maybe devolution comes at an important moment for them to resist this threat, which is the threat of becoming quaint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that a rather quaint observation at the time and it does not lack its attractiveness even now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was about to refer to the quaint term "other bodies". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The rather quaint procedure provided for in subsection (3) had to be created, as it were, because of the problem of the supermarket. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such old-fashioned religious belief is thought of as quaint at best and as dangerous bigotry at worst. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The quaint principle of accountability is the fault in the measure which led to the anomaly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The state of the debate in this country is rather quaint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I will remind him of another quaint phrase of his. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must move with the times if we are not to atrophy into some quaint but irrelevant sideshow, fit only for tourists to admire. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely, this is a quaint way in which to pass legislation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In 1995, what a quaint description that is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The present legislation allows for what was described by the rather quaint phrase "infamous conduct in a professional respect". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am fascincated by the quaint, ancient history of the whole problem. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am afraid that that is not the case, and for a quaint and objection- able reason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One can think of a novel, if quaint, procedure that might answer that not quite unimaginable situation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He seemed to face both ways when he both accepted and rejected the amendment in the same sentence, which was very quaint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The plea of justification in the explanatory memorandum makes extraordinarily quaint reading when it attempts to re-define the meaning of insurance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Incidentally clogs are still widely used in industry; they are not just a quaint and outdated form of footwear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is another quaint management practice called normalisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If one likes, one can regard our roads as beautiful and quaint, an attraction for the tourists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I shall say only that we know that all these quaint little names are usually derived from somthing of a geographical nature. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, she fumbled in her handbag and produced some change, accepting my apologies for tendering cash in such a quaint old-fashioned way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One effect of, in the slightly quaint expression, "withdrawing support from land" is subsidence, the worst effect being that of drag. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I emphasise that building societies are not a quaint, old-fashioned relic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are two high-level men who have somewhat quaint ideas. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 On our round one day there came a seedy-looking medical man, dishevelled, untidy and unkempt, with a quaint far-away look in his eyes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think this idea of a nation of 140 million large capitalists has always been rather a quaint one. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There seemed to be a quaint juxtaposition there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I read them through again and again, and saw that my right honourable friend had used that quaint word "resile". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not say that from quaint, rose-tinted, rustic sentiment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 My memory goes back to some very quaint legal procedures—even to verdicts being handed down with a pair of tongs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Therefore, it is good news that he is prepared to modify that quaint and damaging philosophy in regard to invention, innovation and related technological activities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, in its sheer dottiness it has a certain quaint charm. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it has been one of our quaint national characteristics that steady rainfall could be relied upon throughout the year, particularly in the summer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I realise that that is a rather quaint idea nowadays. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The law relating to market overt is not a quaint and harmless survival from medieval times. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought it quaint because it so understated the evident danger that faces almost every yard and every part of the industry. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are some rather quaint items in the preamble. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of these almshouses have been well modernised, and it is a fallacy to think they are all quaint, damp old places. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I agree that its title is quaint and it is also attractive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The distribution of the voting rights is quaint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How old and quaint all that now sounds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many charities are quaint, with their touches of a bygone age. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What steps will he take to implement his rather quaint remarks about easing the passing of the private sector? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The intelligibility of this place is not improved by its quaint methods and procedures. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have said that they are claiming to be spending vastly more than they actually are by using a rather quaint form of accounting. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are other quaint matters concerning burial grounds, smoke nuisance, pawnbrokers and other things, from all of which the poor benefited in the past. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is, too, the quaint emphasis on marks of status and rank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that this is really rather quaint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although we have had only the rough outlines, one thing that seems to emanate from them is the quaint whiff of denationalisation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that that is quaint and curious. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the past, people have been inclined to be indulgent about the situation, saying that it is funny and quaint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it not a rather quaint idea that if people do not want to obey the law you must therefore change the law? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not going to apologise for introducing such a quaint or rural note into our important debate today. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At times, this has been a slightly quaint debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I thought that was extremely quaint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it is getting a little quaint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I find the conclusion that because there are other absurdities we should keep this one rather than change them all, rather quaint, if not downright bizarre. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are other quaint suggestions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a very quaint statement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Long gone are the days when the subject was shrouded by an aura of quaint eccentricity normally reserved for learned dissertations on the fiat earth or flying saucers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What quaint people human beings are! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Now warehousing—to use that quaint jargon word. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They looked the quaintest little or big customers. Historical linguistics is an engaging, hands-on introduction to the field, from the quaint epigraphs beginning each chapter to the well-planned exercises concluding them. In this there was a curious tension between asking historical questions about a seemingly quaint little theatrical superstition, while nonetheless still observing it. Islanders are becoming increasingly accustomed to requests for samples of their "quaint" object dialect. Overall, the place was clean, quaint and well-done. His poetry is a constant exploration of things which are almost quaint. In both approaches earlier, now almost quaint, rhetoric of 'negotiating' identities has devolved into power/knowledge struggles across endless networks of resistances. If such strictures seem quaint in today's world, it may be because we are psychologically uncomfortable with this kind of vocabulary. We find it odd, even offensive, if a boat looks like a teapot and at best quaint when a teapot looks like a boat. They have kept a faith in rationality as a positive and constructive force that postmodernist thinkers, not altogether to their credit, will find quaint. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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