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
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
- I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory
- 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
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。 - Rosch states that human categorisation "should not be considered the arbitrary product of historical accident or of whimsy but rather the result of psychological principles of categorisation".
Rosch发现人类的分类不是杂乱无章的奇特的历史产物，而是分类上的心理原则的结果。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。