An old-world place or quality is attractive because it is old, or because it makes you think of the past. Writers love old-world charm: stone streets, slow dinners, manners that feel from another time. An old-world hotel is one you choose for that feeling.

An old-world place or qualityold-world 的地方或特質 is attractive because it is old之所以吸引人是因為它很老，or because it makes you think of the past或是因為它讓你想起過去。Writers love writers 很愛用 old-world charmold-world charm（古色古香的魅力）這個說法：stone streets石板街道、slow dinners悠閒的晚餐、manners that feel from another time彷彿來自另一個時代的禮儀。An old-world hotelAn old-world hotel（古色古香的飯店） is one you choose for that feeling就是你為了那種感覺而選的飯店。

The point is beauty and atmosphere, not “this is broken” or “this is out of date.” Though actually, watch the capital letters. The Old World means Europe, Asia and Africa — the lands people in Europe already knew before they reached the Americas (the New World). That is a map-and-history use.

The point is beauty and atmosphere重點在於美感和氛圍，not "this is broken" or "this is out of date."不是"這個壞了"或"這個過時了"。Though actually不過其實，watch the capital letters要注意大小寫。The Old WorldOld World（大寫，舊世界） means Europe, Asia and Africa指的是歐洲、亞洲和非洲—— the lands people in Europe already knew before they reached the Americas也就是歐洲人在抵達美洲（New World，新世界）之前就已經知道的那些土地。That is a map-and-history use這是地理和歷史上的用法。

The hyphenated old-world in travel writing is the “lovely because it feels old” use. A little dressy; more in descriptions than in everyday chat.

The hyphenated old-world in travel writing旅遊寫作裡加連字號的 old-world，is the "lovely because it feels old" use是"因為感覺老而可愛"的那種用法。A little dressy用詞有點講究；more in descriptions than in everyday chat比較常出現在描述性文字裡，而不是日常聊天。