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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We should dare to whimsical.
  要敢于异想天开。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。