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

• 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。
• Sometimes my goal has been whimsical in the extreme.
  有时候，我的目标千奇百怪。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Whimsical name-but some serious content.
  这是个古怪的名字，但内容非常严谨。
• 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。