quaintness中文什么意思

古雅之事物

离奇有趣

• entertain with the quaintness:    古雅欣赏

例句与用法

1. The shops had still a pleasant quaintness .
   店铺里依然弥漫着一种亲切的古雅气氛。
2. I liked the hush , the gloom , the quaintness of these retreats in the day ; but i by no means coveted a night s repose on one of those wide and heavy beds : shut in , some of them , with doors of oak ; shaded , others , with wrought old english hangings crusted with thick work , portraying effigies of strange flowers , and stranger birds , and strangest human beings , - all which would have looked strange , indeed , by the pallid gleam of moonlight
   不过晚上我决不羡慕在那些笨重的大床上睡觉。有些床装着橡木门，可以关闭有的挂着古老的英国绣花帐幔，上面满布各类绣花，有奇怪的花，更奇怪的乌和最奇怪的人。总之是些在苍白的月光下会显得十分古怪的东西。

英文释义

名词

1. strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned; "some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness"
2. the quality of being quaint and old-fashioned; "she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing"