查询词典 quaintness

Among real chemists and materials scientists who have now become nanotechnologists, Drexier's predictions have assumed a certain quaintness

在真正的化学和材料学专家中(他们已经变成纳米技术专家了)，德莱克斯勒的预言具有某种奇特的性质

The average Westerner, in his sleek complacency, will see in the tea ceremony but another instance of the thousand and one oddities which constitute the quaintness and childishness of the East to him.

一般志得意满的时髦的西方人总认为，茶道仪式不过是组成东方古怪幼稚特质的一千零一种奇特仪式中最为寻常的一种。

I like many writers for many reasons—Carlyle for his ruggedness and scorn of shams; Wordsworth, who teaches the oneness of man and nature; I find an exquisite pleasure in the oddities and surprises of Hood, in Herrick's quaintness and the palpable scent of lily and rose in his verses; I like Whittier for his enthusiasms and moral rectitude.

其实，每个作者都有自己独特的风格值得欣赏，比如卡莱的粗犷以及对虚伪的憎厌，华尔斯华绥天人一体的观点，以及胡德怪异惊人之笔，赫里克的典雅还有他诗歌中饱含的百合和玫瑰的馥郁芬芳，都对我有深远的影响。同样的，我也喜欢惠蒂尔的热情正直。

Under Ford's astute direction, The Quiet Man plays off the conventional quaintness of the village against the beautiful natural scenery, resulting in a film that is serious enough to be affecting, but enough of a fantasy to be uproariously funny.

在福特精细的掌舵下，「蓬门今始为君开」片中爱尔兰传统古朴的村落与美丽的自然景致一览无余，使得这部影片更加引人遐思。

"Bird Man's Diary, Butting on the Love Island", Changsha, China

2008年"鸟人日记，顶在爱情岛"，中国长沙

As long as they were in the service of a family of wizards, their magic would remain dormant.

只要他们一天为家庭服务，他们的法力就潜藏不动。