whimsical

英 [ˈwɪmzɪkl] 美 [ˈwɪmzɪkl]

adj.  异想天开的; 想入非非的; 心血来潮的; 滑稽可笑的

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Collins.1 / BNC.20692 / COCA.13075



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 异想天开的;想入非非的;心血来潮的;滑稽可笑的
    unusual and not serious in a way that is either amusing or annoying
    1. to have a whimsical sense of humour
      有离奇的幽默感
    2. Much of his writing has a whimsical quality.
      他的大部分作品都很出奇。

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 怪异的;反复无常的;不切实际的
    A whimsical person or idea is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than serious and practical.
    1. McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side...
      麦格拉思记得他不同寻常的幽默感和他古怪的一面。
    2. His graphic art became slighter and more whimsical.
      他的平面艺术变得越来越无足轻重,越来越异想天开。

双语例句

  1. McGrath remembers his offbeat sense of humor, his whimsical side
    麦格拉思记得他不同寻常的幽默感和他古怪的一面。
  2. His graphic art became slighter and more whimsical.
    他的平面艺术变得越来越无足轻重,越来越异想天开。
  3. In the midst of these whimsical fancies she heard a new strange sound among the leaves.
    正在她胡思乱想的时候,她听见树叶中又出现了一种奇怪的声音。
  4. We should dare to whimsical.
    要敢于异想天开。
  5. Men tend to think that women are very whimsical with decision making.
    男人普遍认为女人在做决定时非常异想天开、反复无常。
  6. Mostly, though, whimsical applications are just good for a laugh.
    不过在多数情况下,异想天开的求职申请只是很好的笑料而已。
  7. Products by Frost ( Papillon) and Lafont ( Nec Plus Ultra) feature whimsical butterfly-shaped silhouettes.
    弗罗斯特的蝴蝶(Papillon)和拉芳特的NecPlusUltra都采用造型奇特的蝴蝶型轮廓。
  8. They all give vivid, animated performances as the tale's whimsical assortment of seekers after wisdom.
    他们的表演生动、活泼,就像故事中各种异想天开、追求智慧的人们那样。
  9. For some artists, bound books are the medium, as in Stephen Doyle's geometric sculpture ( top left) and Su Blackwell's whimsical one ( bottom center).
    对有些艺术家来说,精装书是载体,比如在斯蒂芬·道尔(StephenDoyle)的几何图形雕塑(左上)和苏·布莱克威尔(SuBlackwell)异想天开的作品(中下)中。
  10. For an easter egg, something fun and whimsical, to overshadow the entire rest of the game was a huge problem, and one that existed for far too long.
    作为一个复活节彩蛋,是有些有趣和古怪的,使游戏剩下的内容失色是一个巨大的问题,并且他存在的太久了。
  11. Such situations are known as "games" and game-playing, while sounding whimsical, is serious business.
    当环境变化不定时,这种情况被称为〈博弈〉和博弈参与,是一件严肃的事情。
  12. Whimsical name-but some serious content.
    这是个古怪的名字,但内容非常严谨。
  13. Depp has a lot of whimsical thoughts and that's why Captain Jack is so different and famous.
    德普就是这样一个有着无数怪诞想法的人,这也是他如此出名的原因。
  14. Which just means I'm gonna have to get whimsical on this ficky.
    看来我得想出个奇思妙想才行。
  15. This was really a whimsical thought, and I reproved myself often for the simplicity of it.
    这实在是一个荒唐的想法,我自己也常常责备自己思想太简单。
  16. A whimsical look at how both men and women view Valentine's Day, and some basic history.
    一个新奇视角看男男女女们的瓦伦丁节(情人节),和一些众人皆知的历史。
  17. He greeted me with one of his whimsical smiles.
    他用一种想入非非的笑来欢迎我。
  18. Berenson's whimsical and very independent.
    贝伦森是个异想天开,不受拘束的人。
  19. The romantic and whimsical appeal is all but apparent in the fantasy exterior of turrets and gabled baroques.
    梦幻般的角楼和巴罗克风格的山形墙让城堡那异想天开的浪漫魅力呼之欲出。
  20. If you love fairy tales and whimsical romances, this is the perfect movie for you.
    如果你喜欢的童话故事和异想天开的恋情,这是为您提供完美的电影。
  21. Sometimes my goal has been whimsical in the extreme.
    有时候,我的目标千奇百怪。
  22. He has a comical or whimsical way of acting, talking, or behaving.
    他的表演、说话或和行为方式很是滑稽离奇。
  23. Wafted about on a whimsical wind, they fluttered around for a long time.
    一股怪异的风把它们吹得飘来飘去,飘了很久。
  24. In his whimsical imagination the ants become wise and creative creatures like people, and his "grandfather after his death has turned into the King of ants(" Perhaps It Is a Parable")".
    在其古怪的想象当中,蚂蚁象人一样,变成聪明而有创造性的动物。他的“祖父,死后变成了蚁王”(《也许是寓言》)。
  25. Mr Gale and Mr Shapley considered a whimsical problem: how to design a centralised system for allocating husbands and wives in a way that there is no possible male-female combination with a mutual desire to elope.
    盖尔和沙普利研究过一个异想天开的问题:如何设计一套分配丈夫和妻子的中央系统,按照这种方法,没有一对男士-女士的结合会同时寻求与伴侣分手,转而与别人私奔。
  26. Set off on a whimsical adventure in search of your life's true calling in My Life Story Adventures.
    掀起一个异想天开的冒险在搜索你真实生活名叫我的生活冒险故事。
  27. Despite his kindly, sometimes whimsical air, he was a shrewd observer ofpeople.
    尽管他有着和善、时而古怪的神态,但他对人的观察很敏锐。
  28. As I found this arrow mound very interesting, so I came up with this whimsical idea of playing hide-and-seek with you.
    我是看到了这里的箭垛很特殊,所以突然来了灵感想跟你玩捉迷藏啊。
  29. Especially, the cat lover, including also the whimsical aspect, it is loved, from the person probably will be.
    尤其是猫的情人,还包括了随心所欲的角度来看,它是爱,从人也许会。
  30. Through a delicate balance of color, symbolism, whimsical creativity and precision, Master Lee transfers his own mental and physical energy into a sort of metaphoric storytelling.
    通过颜色、象徵主义、异想天开的创造性、和精确度的精妙的平衡,李导师将他自己身心的能量转移入一种类似隐喻的故事叙述中。

英英释义

adj

  1. determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
    1. a capricious refusal
    2. authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious
    3. the victim of whimsical persecutions

    Synonym:    capriciousimpulsive