| 单词 | fabulous |
| 释义 | fabulous (once / 1230 pages) 1adj 2adj If something is so great you can hardly believe it, it is fabulous. You can have a fabulous first date or you can make a fabulous dinner. These days, fabulous things are mainly wonderful things, but there's another meaning related to fable: some fabulous things can't — or at least shouldn't — be believed. If you friend claims to be a personal friend of the entire Chicago Bulls, but has never been to Chicago, that's a fabulous story that's probably not true. Also, any story involving a unicorn or wizard is fabulous in a literal sense. A great fantasy story would be fabulous in every way. WORD FAMILYfabulous: fabulously+/fable: fables, fabulist, fabulous/fabulist: fabulists USAGE EXAMPLESThe fast-paced opening sequence of Stephen Fry’s fabulous adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s “Vile Bodies” features a divinely decadent costume party titled “Inferno.” Salon(Dec 31, 2016) “And I thought that this white girl is so fabulous that black people will embrace her and white people will embrace her.” The Guardian(Dec 30, 2016) Williams is famous for her short stories, which are full of strange, witty, fabulous, and often eccentric turns of phrase. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) 1 adj extremely pleasing 2a fabulous vacation Syn fab pleasing giving pleasure and satisfaction 1adj based on or told of in traditional stories; lacking factual basis or historical validity the fabulous unicorn Syn mythic, mythical, mythologic, mythological unreal lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria 2adj barely credible the fabulous endurance of a marathon runner Syn incredible, unbelievable beyond belief or understanding |
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