"she liked the old cottage; its quaintness was appealing"
strangeness as a consequence of being old fashioned;
"some words in her dialect had a charming quaintness"
双语例句
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。
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2. The “Buy America” clause in the $787 billion stimulus package signed into law on Tuesday has a certain quaintness to it.
美国7870亿美元刺激计划中的“购买美国货”条款签署成为法律有些奇妙。
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3. Time rocked on, however. Roy and I are now accustomed to the 10 quaintness of our table for two and we enjoy our lives together.
然而时光荏苒，现在，我和罗伊已经习惯了新奇有趣的“二人餐”，享受两人世界。
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4. At first my students were struck by the small size and quaintness of the old books compared with the large, colourful ones in current use.
开头，我的学员们觉得，和现今使用的色彩鲜艳的大开本教科书相比，这些书显得太小、太古怪了。
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5. What I started to notice about those newly rare occasions when the TV came back on, aside from their quaintness, was how much TV viewing actually promotes passivity in viewership.
6. What I started to notice about those newly rare occasions when the TV came back on, aside from their quaintness, was how much TV viewing actually promotes passivity in viewership.
