| 词汇 | quaintly |
| 释义 | quaintly adverb uk /ˈkweɪnt.li/ us /ˈkweɪnt.li/ in a way that is attractive because of being unusual, and often old-fashioned: 古雅地，别具一格地 They work out at a quaintly dilapidated Los Angeles gym. 他们在洛杉矶一家有些破旧但别具一格的健身房里健身。 The cafe tables quaintly spill into the street.咖啡馆的桌子颇有特色地一直摆到了街上。 in a way that is old-fashioned and now considered strange: 过时的;奇怪的 He explained what is sometimes quaintly called economic freedom.他解释了经济自由这个有些古怪的概念。 The notion of employer loyalty is quaintly risible.对雇主的忠诚度这个概念既过时又荒谬。 See quaint The cottage was quaintly chilly and picturesque in winter. Movies that were outrageous in 1995 seem quaintly tame by comparison. an educational film made during the Cold War that quaintly assumes that hiding under a school desk would protect a child from an A-bomb Old or old-fashioned age-old ageing ancient antediluvian anti-progressive fossilization fossilize fossilized frumpy fustily out of date outdate outdated outdatedly outmoded unmodernized unmodish unprogressive unreconstructed unsmart You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unique and unusual Disapproving & criticizing |
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