whimsy

英 [ˈwɪmzi]

美 [ˈwɪmzi]

n.  怪念头; 古怪可笑的举动; 吊儿郎当; 随心所欲

复数：whimsies　

GRE

BNC.33132 / COCA.19674

牛津词典

noun

• 怪念头；古怪可笑的举动；吊儿郎当；随心所欲
  a way of thinking or behaving, or a style of doing sth that is unusual and not serious, in a way that is either amusing or annoying

柯林斯词典

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

英英释义

noun

• the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
  1. I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
  Synonym:flightinessarbitrarinesswhimsicalitywhimseycapriciousness
• an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
  1. the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories
  2. he had a whimsy about flying to the moon
  3. whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it
  Synonym:notionwhimwhimsey

双语例句

• Miss Lemon, of Salford, Greater Manchester, soon forgot about her act of whimsy, eventually marrying and having a child herself.
  大曼彻斯特郡索尔福德市的Lemon小姐，很快就忘了她的一时兴起之举，后来她嫁为人妇，也有了自己的孩子。
• On the whole, I really enjoyed this space for the pure quirk and whimsy of it.
  从整体上来说，我真的非常享受这个纯净同时充满新奇理念的空间。
• The former Fed chairman William McChesney Martin's famous line that the role of the central bank is to take away the punch bowl just as the party is getting good has lost its whimsy.
  前美联储主席威廉•麦克切斯尼•马丁（WilliamMcChesneyMartin）有一句名言：央行的作用是在聚会渐入佳境的时候，端走宾治盆。这句话已不再离奇。
• 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。
• But in real life, luck and whimsy only take you so far.
  但是在现实生活中，幸运和奇想只会离你好远。
• But perhaps most appealing is the whimsy that suffuses the store.
  但最迷人的或许是店内弥漫的奇趣之风。
• Some show cars are pure whimsy, confections dreamed up by young designers at play.
  展出的车型中有些纯属异想天开，只是年轻设计师们闲来无事的凭空想像。
• It reminds me of Japanese craftwork, and has great scale and a whimsy that I love.
  它让我想起了日本的工艺品，我将它们比较了一下，两种我都很喜欢。
• As your garden grows, the flags will disappear a bit among the leaves but will still add a little colorful whimsy to your garden.
  随着作物的生长，小旗子们会渐渐隐没在绿叶间；但它们仍会是你的花园里的靓丽风景。
• The three stages of her life a daughter of Taoist, a wife of whimsy and a common but great mother have reflected her characters and personalities.
  她所经历的人生三个阶段道家的女儿，妙想夫人及平凡又伟大的母亲折射出她的性格特征与人格魅力。