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.

• 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

• ADJ-GRADED 怪异的;反复无常的;不切实际的
  Awhimsicalperson 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。

英英释义

adj

• 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

双语例句

• He greeted me with one of his whimsical smiles.
  他用一种想入非非的笑来欢迎我。
• Sometimes my goal has been whimsical in the extreme.
  有时候，我的目标千奇百怪。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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》）。
• Whimsical name-but some serious content.
  这是个古怪的名字，但内容非常严谨。
• 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。