whimsy

whimsy音标

英 [ˈwɪmzi]

美 [ˈhwɪmzi, ˈwɪm-]

whimsy基本释义

n.怪念头；异想天开；心情浮动；反复无常

whimsy用法及例句

whimsy的近义词

noun

1. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

e.g. I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory

Synonym: flightinessarbitrarinesswhimsicalitywhimseycapriciousness

2. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

e.g. the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his storieshe had a whimsy about flying to the moonwhimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it

Synonym: notionwhimwhimsey

1. 奇思异想;不同寻常的行为Whimsy is behaviour which is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than having any serious reason or purpose behind it.

1. whimsy的近义词

1. 奇想：whimsicality 异想天开 | whimsy 奇想 | whine 发牢骚

2. 心情浮动：whimsicality 心情浮动 | whimsy 心情浮动 | whin 棘豆

3. 怪念头：hypocrisy 伪善 | whimsy 怪念头 | flimsy 站不住脚的

4. 异想天开的怪念头：Pediatrics 小儿科(就是儿科 不是内个小儿科啊) | Whimsy 异想天开的怪念头 | Eclair 法式点心

The train had..stopped at some chance spot..someone's whimsy.

出自：M. Bradbury

近义词

临近词

whimsey怪念头

arbitrariness任意

flightiness轻浮

quirkiness诡诈

caprice反复无常

oddity古怪

eccentricity古怪

whim一时的兴致

conceit自负

whimsicality反复无常

notion观念

quaintness古怪(精致)

fantasy幻想

quirk怪癖

oddness奇怪

fancy华丽装饰的

capriciousness任性

whimsical

whimsy-whamsy

whin

whimsy and beauty

相关列句

But those impulses can also strip a language of its wit, whimsy, and play, not to mention its capacity to accommodate new concepts and usages.(然而这些憧憬同样也会剥削去一门语言的智慧、诙谐和乐趣，以及接受新概念和新用法的空间。)

Dangling charms help to add an element of glamour, whimsy and luxury to packages.(悬垂魅力帮助购买要素的魅力，新奇和豪华包。)

But after hearing that youngster, ms Boyd, a social-media researcher at Microsoft research New England, felt that something more than whimsy might be at work.(然而，作为微软新英格兰研究中心的一名社会与媒体研究人员，波伊德女士在听完那位年轻人的描述之后，却感到事情背后或许大有蹊跷。)

Vera Wang, who was a CNN commentator for the ceremony, wrote in an E-mail message: "Diana's dress had a sense of innocence, whimsy, almost storybook romance."(薇拉•王，在CNN直播婚礼时进行现场解说，在一封电子邮件中这么写道：“戴安娜王妃的婚纱透着一股子俏皮稚气，充满童话故事式的浪漫味道。”)

Beautiful young people are the whimsy of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art.(漂亮的年轻人是大自然的奇想，而漂亮的老人却是艺术的杰作。)

He had a whimsy about flying to the moon.(他有个想飞上月球的怪念头。)

Yesterday I suddenly get a interesting idea, but it is not mature, and this idea is a little whimsy.(我昨天突然想到了一个有趣的观点，不过还不成熟，而且这个观点有些怪异哦。)

Don George (Editor, Lonely Planet) : I think families who have a real sense of whimsy and fantasy are likely to love Treesort.(唐·乔治(《寂寞星球》编辑)：我想那些喜欢异想天开的家庭有可能会喜欢树屋度假村。)

I think you'd appreciate being left alone to explore at your own pace, to delve as deeply or shallowly as whimsy strikes you.(我想你会感谢他让你一个人，按照自己的节奏探索，深浅都由你的意愿决定。)

These days, the spirit of in-jokes and whimsy lives on, but it has moved to new addresses: video games and movies-especially movies on DVD.(现如今，玩笑和搞怪精神犹在，但我们更多的是在电子游戏和电影DVD中见到这些彩蛋。)