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Quaint means unusual in a way that feels attractive, and often a little old. A quaint village has small streets and old houses; a quaint habit is charming but not quite of today.
Quaint means的意思是 unusual in a way that feels attractive不尋常，但讓人覺得有吸引力 and often a little old而且常常帶點老舊的味道。 A quaint village一個quaint的村莊 has small streets and old houses有著小小的街道和老房子 a quaint habit一個quaint的習慣 is charming but not quite of today很迷人，但不太符合現代。
The word is usually kind. Though actually, it can also sound a tiny bit superior — as if you are smiling at something small and old-fashioned from a more modern place.
The word這個字 is usually kind通常是善意的。 Though actually不過其實 it它 can also sound a tiny bit superior有時候聽起來也帶點優越感 as if you are smiling at something small and old-fashioned from a more modern place好像你正對著某個從比較現代的地方看過去、顯得又小又過時的東西微笑。
A long time ago, quaint could mean clever or cunning; that older sense has dropped out of ordinary talk.
A long time ago很久以前 quaint could mean clever or cunning可以指「聰明」或「狡猾」 that older sense那個比較舊的意思 has dropped out of ordinary talk已經從日常說話裡消失了。
You will see it in travel writing and in descriptions of towns, shops, and customs. It is not a word for strange in a scary way, and it is not a fashion-magazine word for pretty.
You你 will see it in travel writing and in descriptions of towns, shops, and customs會在旅遊文章，還有城鎮、店家和風俗的描述裡看到它。 It它 is not a word for strange in a scary way不是用來形容那種嚇人的奇怪 and也 it is not a fashion-magazine word for pretty不是時尚雜誌拿來說「漂亮」的字。
組成From Middle English, from Old French cointe (“pretty, clever”), from Latin cognitus, “known” — the past form of “to know.” The path from “known / clever” to “old-fashioned and charming” was a long, slow change of meaning.
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
quaintadj/kweɪnt/
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obsoleteOf a person: cunning, crafty.
- But you, my Lord, were glad to be imploy'd, / To shew how queint an Orator you are.
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obsoleteCleverly made; artfully contrived.
- describe races and games, / Or tilting furniture, imblazon'd shields, / Impresses quaint, caparisons and steeds, / Bases and tinsel trappings […].
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dialectalStrange or odd; unusual.
- Till that there entered on the other side / A straunger knight, from whence no man could reed, / In quyent disguise, full hard to be descride […].
- Lord Gifford, deep beneath the ground, / Heard Alexander's bugle sound, / And tarried not his garb to change, / But, in his wizard habit strange, / Came forth, a quaint and fearful sight; [...]
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obsoleteOverly discriminating or needlessly meticulous; fastidious; prim.
- She, nothing quaint / Nor 'sdeignfull of so homely fashion, / Sith brought she was now to so hard constraint, / Sate downe upon the dusty ground anon […].
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Pleasingly unusual; especially, having old-fashioned charm.
- I admire all that quaint, old-fashioned politeness; it is much more to my taste than modern ease; modern ease often disgusts me.
- If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air, / Quaint little villages here and there, / You're sure to fall in love with old Cape Cod.
quaintnoun/kweɪnt/
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obsoletehistoricalThe vulva.
- The rest looked on, horrified, as Clarice trussed up her habit and in open view placed her hand within her queynte[,] crying, ‘The first house of Sunday belongs to the sun, and the second to Venus.’
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。