| 单词 | fancying |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈfancying ˈfancying n. the action of the verb in various senses; also concr. something that one fancies. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > [noun] > breeding for desired quality > for points of beauty fancy1862 fancying1876 1662 W. Petty Treat. Taxes 6 Civil wars are..caused by peoples fansying that [etc.]. a1729 S. Clarke Serm. (1730) III. vi. 140 A childish..imagination, that God is pleased with their pretending or fansying that they believe they know not what. 1758 B. Franklin Let. 19 Feb. in Wks. (1887) III. 8 Another of my fancyings..a pair of silk blankets. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 184 The fancyings of fancy costumes. 1876 Encycl. Brit. IV. 249/2 ‘Fancying’ is not governed by rules identical with those which regulate breeding for economic purposes. 1889 Athenæum 16 Nov. 667/3 The excellent fancying of the little ‘genteel’ colony in Bankside. < as lemmas |
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