whimsy的意思|whimsy的解释-里氏词典

whimsy ['hwimzi]

n. 怪念头, 离奇的东西, 反复无常, 绞盘

whimsy
whimsier, whimsiest

[ noun ]

an odd or fanciful or capricious idea

<noun.cognition>

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

the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

<noun.attribute>

I despair at the flightiness and whimsicality of my memory

Whimsey \Whim"sey\, Whimsy \Whimsy\, n.; pl. {Whimseys}or
{Whimsies}. [See {Whim}.]
1. A whim; a freak; a capricious notion, a fanciful or odd
conceit. ``The whimsies of poets and painters.'' --Ray.

Men's folly, whimsies, and inconstancy. --Swift.

Mistaking the whimseys of a feverish brain for the
calm revelation of truth. --Bancroft.

2. (Mining) A whim.

Whimsy \Whim"sy\, n.
A whimsey.

Rice said he created the contest to provoke San Jose State students to approach writing playfully and with a sense of whimsy. A campus literary organization is named the Bulwer-Lytton Undergraduate Society.
This same blend of whimsy and the mundane is apparent in some of the Teutonic items on display.
Nearly every year since 1960, Neiman-Marcus has offered his-and-hers gifts for those with a touch of whimsy and a ton of money.
It took the audience time to adjust to this doll-like creature with the corkscrew curls overdosing on whimsy, but eventually they were on their feet swaying to music with a clever dance rhythm behind its innocence.
Workman's whimsy, eccentricity and obsessive attention to detail flow from Mr. Workman, the 51-year-old founder.
In fashion terms, jewels of wit and whimsy are taking the place of flamboyant, flashy adornments.
Moore himself is an unnecessary American import; the British are quite capable of providing pseudo-profound whimsy (especially on radio where Ray Gosling's lugubrious drone or John Walters' witless bellow trigger a Pavlovian lunge to the off-switch).
I needed Irish whimsy and soft Celtic twilight. Hibernian at-one-ness is not achieved just like that.
But the director worked here with a script by John Sayles, whose considerable talents don't include whimsy.
Morrow, as the young doctor, is very good, even in a script that after a few nice touches of whimsy just sort of wanders off to a finale featuring a town festival where our hero munches morosely on a mooseburger.
Twenty years ago, when cast-iron whimsy and slap-happy sprawling comedies of the absurd were in style, he built sharp little diamond structures that said much more than most about radical sex and politics a la mode.
Mr. Lear also has weaknesses: Mr. McGrath cites the "problem of whimsy" and Mr. Lear's penchant for rumination, which he says has cost ACT III some opportunities.

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