whim

英 [wɪm] 美 [wɪm]

• n. 一时的兴致；奇想

英英释义

Noun:

1. a sudden desire;

   "he bought it on an impulse"
   

2. 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"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.
   我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。
2. That suggestion was no whim of the moment.
   那个建议可不是一时的突发奇想。
3. She bought that dress on a whim.
   她一时心血来潮就买了那件连衣裙。
4. He dotes on his grandchildren and indulges their every whim.
   他溺爱自己的孙辈,并且满足他们的任何想法。
5. Spring scatters the petals of flowers that are not for the fruits, but for the moment's whim.
   春日播撒繁花艳蕊，并非为了以后结出硕果，而是为了这瞬间的奇想。

经典引文

• A woman's whims have to be respected, however apparently absurd.

  出自： P. G. Wodehouse

• The whim seized him to drive me to Montaza.

  出自： L. Durrell

词汇搭配

• whim-wham 奇想
• the whim-whams 精神不安

近反义词

【近义词】

• caprice 反复无常
• notion 观念
• fancy 华丽装饰的
• impulse 冲动
• fad 时尚
• urge 驱策
• quirk 怪癖
• eccentricity 古怪
• kink 纽结
• conceit 自负
• phase 相位
• prank 开玩笑
• whimsy 怪念头
• whimsey 怪念头