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

• For Joe and me the hikes took the place of the old adventures as an outlet for a playful imagination, which turned increasingly to whimsy and burlesque.
  远足代替了我和乔以前的冒险活动，继续提供编造笑料的平台。
• Gaze at the vivid yellows, blues, and psychedelic swirls of a single emperor angelfish and you'll sense the whimsy of evolution.
  瞧瞧那“皇帝神仙鱼”（emperorangelfish）身上鲜艳的黄与蓝，还有迷幻般的漩涡，你就能感受到生物进化的无奇不有了。
• When it comes to love stories, the new South Korean teleplays no longer use the distress card; instead, they intersperse them with whimsy and romantic punch lines.
  至于爱情故事，新的韩剧不再走悲情路线，而是融入了奇妙与浪漫。
• 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，这样做也会将智慧、幽默感和趣味性从姓名当中剥离。同时，姓名对新观念和新用法的适应力和包容力也会丧失殆尽，这就更不用说了。
• 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。
• Merriam-Webster's president, John Morse, said "w00t" was an ideal choice because it blends whimsy and new technology.
  《韦氏大词典》总裁约翰•莫斯说，“w00t”一词既新奇，又体现了新技术，无疑是今年年度词汇的最佳选择。
• 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。
• Far from telling us anything about doodling, it tells us the French have a babyish approach to work and a taste for arty whimsy.
  它讲的不是涂鸦，而是告诉我们法国人工作方法幼稚，假装喜欢艺术。
• 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。