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单词 whimsy
释义
whimsywhim‧sy /ˈwɪmzi/ noun Word Origin
WORD ORIGINwhimsy
Origin:
1600-1700 whim-wham; WHIM
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Karla Hour's designs combine style and whimsy.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • A touch of whimsy, fantasy or fun.
  • His smile broadened and his eyes twinkled with whimsy.
  • It contained enough witty lines to keep the creeping whimsy, indicated in the title, at bay.
  • None of the new stations conveyed the confident self-assurance or whimsy of their distinguished predecessors.
  • The earlier and well-known technique of framing up a loose panel appears to have been sacrificed to the whimsy of fashion.
  • Thus Wish veers dizzily from gleeful whimsy to cosmic angst; from unconfident extroversion to manic introspection.
[uncountable] a way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that is unusual, strange, and often amusing:  a sense of fancy and whimsy
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