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
- 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。 - 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。 - Americans have 'a strong taste for slapstick in various forms, and substitute riposte and banter for irony or whimsy, which they tend not. to understand.
美国人对各种形式的闹剧非常感兴趣，用机敏的回答和玩笑来代替他们所不懂的讽刺和诙谐。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。