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1 a man of quaint humour
Общая лексика: эксцентричный человекУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > a man of quaint humour
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2 quaint
[kweınt] a1. 1) причудливый, замысловатый, затейливый, оригинальныйquaint manners [old-fashioned customs] - странные /своеобразные/ манеры [старинные обычаи]
quaint house [furniture] - причудливый дом [-ая мебель]
she wears quaint dresses - она одевается оригинально /необычно/
2) странный, необычный, чудной, эксцентричныйquaint way of speaking [of walking] - необычная /странная/ манера говорить [походка]
2. уст. искусный, изящный, тонкий3. уст.1) мудрый, умный2) хитрый, бывалый3) изобретательный -
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adjectivedrollig; putzig (ugs.) [Häuschen, Einrichtung]; malerisch, pittoresk [Ort]; (odd, strange) kurios, seltsam [Bräuche, Anblick, Begebenheit]* * *[kweint](pleasantly odd or strange, especially because of being old-fashioned: quaint customs.) wunderlich- academic.ru/90621/quaintly">quaintly- quaintness* * *[kweɪnt]1. (charming) reizend, entzückend, wunderschön; landscape, village idyllisch, malerisch, pittoresk geh; cottage, pub urig2. ( also pej: strangely old-fashioned) customs, way of speaking altmodisch [o altertümlich] [anmutend] a. pej; expression, name altmodisch [o altertümlich] [klingend] a. pej\quaint old woman schrullige [o wunderliche] Alte; customs, ideas, sight eigenartig, eigentümlich, sonderbar, seltsam, kurios oft peja \quaint sense of humour ein seltsamer [o eigenartiger] Sinn für Humor; views eigentümlich, verschroben oft pej4. (pleasantly unusual) encounter, sound wundersam* * *[kweɪnt]adj (+er)(= picturesque) cottage, village, scene malerisch, idyllisch; (= charmingly old-fashioned) pub, custom, expression urig, reizend; (= pleasantly odd) idea kurios, schnurrig, putzig; nickname originell; person, way of speaking drollighow quaint to live in such an old house —
what a thought, my dear, how quaint! — nein so was, meine Liebe, wie originell!
* * *quaint [kweınt] adj (adv quaintly)1. idyllisch, malerisch2. seltsam, merkwürdig* * *adjectivedrollig; putzig (ugs.) [Häuschen, Einrichtung]; malerisch, pittoresk [Ort]; (odd, strange) kurios, seltsam [Bräuche, Anblick, Begebenheit]* * *adj.anheimelnd adj.wunderlich adj. -
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kweɪnt прил. необычный и привлекательный, старомодный и изящный quaint articles of furniture ≈ старинная и изящная мебель причудливый, замысловатый, затейливый, оригинальный - * manners странные /своеобразные/ манеры - * house причудливый дом - she wears * dresses она одевается оригинально /необычно/ странный, необычный, чудной, эксцентричный - * way of speaking необычная /странная/ манера говорить - a man of * humour эксцентричный человек - * child странный ребенок( устаревшее) искусный, изящный, тонкий( устаревшее) мудрый, умный хитрый, бывалый изобретательный quaint причудливый, эксцентричный ~ приятный, привлекательный своей необычностью или стариной;
quaint old customs оригинальные старинные обычаи ~ приятный, привлекательный своей необычностью или стариной;
quaint old customs оригинальные старинные обычаи -
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[kweɪnt] adj1) ( charming) reizend, entzückend, wunderschön; landscape, village idyllisch, malerisch, pittoresk ( geh) cottage, pub urig;2) (a. pej: strangely old-fashioned) customs, way of speaking altmodisch [o altertümlich] [anmutend] (a. pej) expression, name altmodisch [o altertümlich] [klingend] (a. pej)\quaint old woman schrullige [o wunderliche] Alte; customs, ideas, sight eigenartig, eigentümlich, sonderbar, seltsam, kurios ( oft pej) -
6 эксцентричный человек
1) General subject: a man of quaint humour, eccentric, queer character, rum touch, odd bird2) American: squirrel3) British English: mentalist6) Taboo: odd-fishУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > эксцентричный человек
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