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

• 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。
• For some artists, bound books are the medium, as in Stephen Doyle's geometric sculpture ( top left) and Su Blackwell's whimsical one ( bottom center).
  对有些艺术家来说，精装书是载体，比如在斯蒂芬·道尔（StephenDoyle）的几何图形雕塑（左上）和苏·布莱克威尔（SuBlackwell）异想天开的作品（中下）中。
• 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。
• 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。
• For an easter egg, something fun and whimsical, to overshadow the entire rest of the game was a huge problem, and one that existed for far too long.
  作为一个复活节彩蛋，是有些有趣和古怪的，使游戏剩下的内容失色是一个巨大的问题，并且他存在的太久了。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。