whimsy

词源不详，可能来自拟声词，风呼啸而吹的声音。引申义忽然而来的，忽然而去的，古怪的。

whimsy (n.)

c. 1600, probably related to whimwham.

1. His speech was full of whimsy.

他妙语如珠.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. They are like oracular messages, but witty - jaunty at times - and sometimes trembling on the edge of whimsy.

它们都像神谕, 但很机智,有时极其轻快,有时又濒于怪诞.

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3. I must confess, I'm guilty of the same foolish whimsy.

我承认, 我和你一样干过这样的蠢事.

来自电影对白

4. He had a whimsy about flying to the moon.

他有个想飞上月球的怪念头.

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5. Vintage caf é curtains in a graphic floral pattern add whimsy.

古典风格的带有生动花纹的窗帘如锦上添花.

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1. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea;

"the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories"

"he had a whimsy about flying to the moon"

"whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it"

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

"I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory"

He had a whimsy about flying to the moon.

他有个想飞上月球的怪念头.

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Vintage caf é curtains in a graphic floral pattern add whimsy.

古典风格的带有生动花纹的窗帘如锦上添花.

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Whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it.

奇想对某人来说可能很滑稽,需要时间才能领会.

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Curious George was apparently just a small part of a more elaborate world of whimsy.

显然,《好奇的乔治》只是一个更精致的异想天开的世界中小小的一个部分.

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In this matriarchal city, males had a subservient role, and most answered to the whimsy females.

在这座女权主义的城市, 女性扮演者反复无常的角色, 她们大多数承诺完全是一时的心血来潮.

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His speech was full of whimsy.

他妙语如珠.

《简明英汉词典》

I must confess, I'm guilty of the same foolish whimsy.

我承认, 我和你一样干过这样的蠢事.

电影对白

Gratify her every whimsy ; viewed from another perspective, that's loveliness, or evidence of her innocence.

陪她做一切她愿意做的也许很幼稚的事情,换个角度, 其实那叫可爱, 或者说像她一样有童心.

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Beautiful young people are the whimsy of nature, but beautiful old people are true wokes of art.

美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇想, 而美丽的老人却是艺术的杰作.

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Why did you do it?'' I do not know, pure whimsy.'

你怎样做出这种事来?'` 我也不知道, 纯粹是闹着玩儿.

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