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

• 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。
• 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。
• A whimsical look at how both men and women view Valentine's Day, and some basic history.
  一个新奇视角看男男女女们的瓦伦丁节（情人节），和一些众人皆知的历史。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。