whimsical
['wimzikəl]
adj.异想天开的, 古怪的, 反复无常的
例句与用法:
Capricious or whimsical.
反复无常的,三心两意的
An odd, whimsical, or stubborn notion.
怪念头奇怪的、奇异的或顽固的想法
It's only a whimsical story for children.
这不过是一个希奇古怪的儿童故事。
He has a whimsical sense of humor.
他有着离奇的幽默感。
词形变化:
副词: whimsically |
a.
1. 想入非非的, 异想天开的
a whimsical notion
离题的想法
2. 怪诞的, 古怪的
a whimsical man
古怪的家伙
3. 反复无常的
whimsical
词形变化:
副词: whimsically |
词义辨析:
同义参见:
aimless
witty
humorous
romantic
wanton
fanciful
capricious
flighty
whimsical['hwimzikəl]adj.1.■异想天开的,想入非非的2.■古怪的;怪异的3.■反复无常的;难以预料的
whimsicalwhimsical[ˈ(h)wimzikəl]adj.1.■异想天开的2.■古怪的; 奇形怪状的3.■反复无常的
继承用法whimsicality[ˌhwɪmzɪˈkælətɪ]n.whimsicallyadv.whimsicalnessw.
adjective
- playfully quaint or fanciful, especially in an appealing and amusing way
异想天开的,想入非非的;离奇的,古怪的
a whimsical sense of humour.
离奇的幽默感。 - acting or behaving in a capricious manner
(行为举止)反复无常的,变化莫测的
the whimsical arbitrariness of autocracy.
独裁统治反复无常的武断性。
whimsicality
noun
whimsically
adverb
whimsical
形容词 whimsical:
determined by chance or impulse or whim rather than by necessity or reason
同义词:capricious, impulsive
whimsical
■In one of his most whimsical photographs, Schatz removed the model altogether.
" 在他众多古怪反复无常的作品中,这张作品Schatz把模特全部移除.
■"Fancy:The mental faculty through which whims, visions, and fantasies are summoned up; imagination, especially of a whimsical or fantastic nature."
"想象力:心智机能,能产生想法、幻想、想象;想象,尤指有异想天开或空想的特性的."
■In 1837,to the age of seventeen,Florence Nightingale decided to become a nurse,which horrified her whimsical mother.
1837年,将满17岁的佛罗伦萨·南丁格尔决定当一名护士,这个想法让她多奇思怪想的母亲惊骇不已。
■The 2002 Ford Thunderbird convertible is a stylish, even whimsical homage to the original, but it's much more than a blast from the past.
2002款福特雷鸟折篷式轿车带着强烈的怀旧色彩,但它绝不是简单地照搬老车型。
■He's a whimsical old fellow!
一个神经质的老人啊!
■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。
■Will Vinton and his merry troupe of animators take you inside their studio for a whimsical, imaginative demonstration of their Oscar-winning clay animation technique.
一部由Will Vinton以及其工作团队制作的黏土动画制作纪录片,带领你进入他们的工作室,一窥奥斯卡得奖黏土动画的制作秘诀。
■virtually her only contact with her friends came to be made through her whimsical and epigrammatic letters.
也有以一星期、一月、或一年四季来喻人生的,少年是春天,青壮年是夏天,然后是秋天和冬天。
■Perhaps the lastest implication is "unusual" or "whimsical".
也许,它的最新含义是“不同于一般的”或“异想天开的”。
■The flows of magic are whimsical today.
今天魔法的波动很奇怪。
■Our jubilation at such a significant discovery accounts for the whimsical names that we chose for each vent area
从我们为每个裂口区取的古怪名字可看出我们在做出这一重大发现时欢欣鼓舞的心情。
■with chagrin he found his masters invariably whimsical and irregular, constantly running about the country, or on the look-out for adventure.
他先后换了十家人家,这十家的人都是些性情希奇,脾气古怪,到处冒险,四海为家的人。这对路路通说来,是不合他的口味的。
■He recollected Cronshaw's whimsical metaphor of the Persian carpet
他回忆克朗肖经常谈起的那个波斯地毯的寓言。
■He did not mean that there was no room for imagination, but that it should be a whimsical subordinate to science.
他并不是说他不容一点想象,他认为想象应该附属于科学的幻想。
■He has a whimsical sense of humor.
他有着离奇的幽默感。
■His whimsical rock garden has since become the second most visited site in India after the Taj Mahal.
他的古怪石庭已经成为第二个访问最多的网站后,在印度的泰姬陵。
■Much of his writing has a whimsical quality.
他的大部份作品都很出奇。
■Alternately humorous and whimsical, grave and fearful, courageous and determined, the poems touchingly voice the many moods and currents of a child"s imaginings.
他的散文和游记堪称英文散文的典范,许多人都知道斯蒂文森是一位惊险小说作家,但很少人知道这位多病的作家原来也是一位了不起的诗人。
■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。
■His face was a pleasant one, with a whimsical smiling quality about it that made other men like him at a glance.
他的面部表情是愉快的,具有一种怪诞的微笑的特征,使得人们很容易喜欢他。
■There he shows himself the same kind, artless, good-humored, excursive, sensible, whimsical, intelligent being that he appears in his writings.
他自己就是他作品中所描写的那个仁慈、朴实、快活、散漫、明智、充满奇想和聪明的人。
■As well as the tea house, the planted landscape deck has three feature pavilions which appear as clouds over landscape - they are collectively, whimsical, compelling and very British.
以及茶馆,种植景观甲板上有三个特点,其中的亭台楼阁,出现阴霾景观,他们是集体,灵机一动,迫不得已,很英国。
■a capricious refusal; authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious; the victim of whimsical persecutions
任性的拒绝;独裁统治者是反复无常的;一时兴起的迫害的受害者
■a capricious refusal; authoritarian rulers are frequently capricious; the victim of whimsical persecutions.
任性的拒绝;独裁统治者是反复无常的;一时兴起的迫害的受害者。
■Antique painted furniture High quality hand-painted antique pine furniture inspoired by whimsical 18th century Northern Italian and french design
优质带手工绘图古典松木家具,仿18世纪法国和北部意大利风格
■You may call my facies whimsical
你可以把我这些想法称为异想天开。
■"Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that of gunners using science to shatter men's bodies while, close at hand, surgeons use it to restore them? "
例如,炮手利用科学去杀伤人体,而就在附近,战地的外科医生则利用科学为受伤者医治创口,难道还有比这更为可怕、怪诞的景象吗7
■Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that of gunners using science to shatter men's bodies.
例如:炮手们用科学来毁坏人体,还有比这更令人害怕的怪诞情景吗?
■Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that of gunners using science to shatter men's bodies while, close at hand, surgeons use it to restore them?
例如:炮兵利用科学毁坏人的身体、而外科医生就在附近用科学抢救被炮兵毁坏的人体,还有什么情景比这更可怕、更怪诞的吗?
■The whimsical Jeeves served up Mother Goose, along with the chance to hear one (a nasal honk right out of your laptop) and a recipe (Remove stray pinfeathers.
充满奇思妙想的吉维斯提供了一个叫母鹅(MotherGoose)的站点,你还有机会听到鹅叫声(就从你的手提电脑中发出一种带有鼻音的雁叫声),并附有一份菜谱(去除零星的新生鹅毛。
■Capricious or whimsical.
反复无常的,三心两意的
■a whimsical personality
变化无常的个性
■a whimsical man
古怪的家伙
■A quavering voice, a whimsical mind.
嗓子颤抖,心思诡戾。
■comical in an odd or whimsical manner.
因为奇怪或者古怪而好笑。
■At the beginner level, these whimsical games are especially suitable for children, helping to teach skills in memory, pattern recognition, and reasoning.
在初级级别中,这些古怪的游戏尤其适合于儿童,有助于锻炼他们在记忆力、模式识别以及合理安排方面的技巧。
■8.A shifting flock of flamingos assumes a whimsical shape in the Gulf of Mexico.
在墨西哥湾,一群移动的火烈鸟组成了一个令人称奇的形状。
■Never be too available.Being available every night of the week and at the end of every whimsical phone call or possible rendezvous means you are making yourself uninteresting and a possible doormat.
在约会中我们总会遇到的问题是我们需要遵守约会法则但是在我们成熟以后却几乎把它们忘光了。
■To Danglars Monte Cristo also wrote, requesting him to excuse the whimsical gift of a capricious millionaire, and to beg the baroness to pardon the Eastern fashion adopted in the return of the horses.
基督山还写了一封信给腾格拉尔,请他收下一位怪富翁所送的这种怪礼物,并请男爵夫人原谅他以这种东方方式的礼仪送还她的马。
■Ten Questions. Japan's best-known contemporary author has seen his surreal and whimsical novels translated into dozens of languages. Haruki Murakami will now take your questions.
大多数的问题都好无聊,不懂这些阿豆仔在想啥。第九个问题回答的真棒。但,让人兴奋的是最后一个问题,好期待呀。
■The Renaissance TEDA Tianjin Hotel is hardly a site that goes unnoticed, with its five star status, elegant setting, and whimsical black piano notes floating around the lobby.
天津万丽泰达酒店在天津是一家不容忽视的五星级酒店,优美的音符从大堂的黑色钢琴中传出,高贵典雅的气氛笼罩着这座布局别致的酒店。
■If that were not disruptive enough, the vague wording of the law means that China Post's monopoly rights are only loosely defined, so competitors will be vulnerable to whimsical expropriation.
如果这样说破坏性还不够的话,新法律的含糊措辞意味着中国邮政的垄断权只是宽松地定义,因此竞争对手将容易被剥夺权利。
■They add a whole new slew of middlemen to the equation, and these links become dependent on the continued existence of these startups or even the whimsical changes in their terms of service.
它们在方程中增加了全新的一堆中间人,链接依赖于这些新创公司的持续存在,甚至是它们服务条款的无常变化。
■"It may vary in mood from the whimsical even playful, to the tragic and passionate."
它可以表现不同的情绪,从怪诞的,幽默滑稽的到悲怆的和热情的。
■It may vary in mood from the whimsical, even playful , to the tragic and passionate.
它可以表现不同的情绪,从怪诞的、幽默滑稽的到悲怆的和热情的。
■It may vary in mood from the whimsical even playfull, to the tragic and passionate.
它可以表现不同的情绪,从怪诞的,幽默滑稽的到悲怆的和热情的。
■It's rather simple, but it's just that through a whimsical film, family and just being carefree was captured so WELL.
它很朴实,尽管影片的内容天马行空,但家庭以及孩子们的天真无邪又被捕捉的恰到好处。
■Two tone upholstery with contrasting arms and base gives the chair a whimsical touch.
对比双色调的设计更能添加一份大胆创意.
■Broadbent is a perfect addition to the magical teaching staff: wonderfully witty and whimsical.
布劳德本特饰演的这一角色为霍格沃茨的魔法教师队伍增添了一名机智又古怪的绝佳人物。
■a whimsical story for children
希奇古怪的儿童故事