| 单词 | fanciful |
| 释义 | fanciful (once / 1171 pages) adj Turn fanciful around and you get "full of fancy," which gives you the gist of the meaning. The adjective refers to something not quite real, usually something with a whimsical or even dreamlike quality. The adjective fanciful sprang from the 15th-century noun fancy, which was in turn a short version of the word fantasy. All three words contain the same elemental meaning, that of something unreal. Someone who is fanciful usually allows creative thought rather than the practical to come to the forefront. Edgar Allan Poe said, "It will be found, in fact, that the ingenious are always fanciful, and the truly imaginative never otherwise than analytic." WORD FAMILYfanciful: fancifully+/fancied: fanciedly/fancier: fanciers/fancy: fancied, fancier, fancies, fanciest, fanciful, fancily, fancying USAGE EXAMPLESThe rate of warming we are seeing, in both the air and ocean temperatures, is inconsistent with the fanciful and optimistic beliefs of this group. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) I described such claims as fanciful, but later a different kind of collusion emerged. Salon(Dec 21, 2016) And if Leipzig manages to beat Bayern on Wednesday, well, the prospect of an even bigger surprise might not seem so fanciful. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) 1adj indulging in or influenced by fancy a fanciful mind Syn notional, whimsical creative, originative having the ability or power to create 2adj not based on fact; unreal "the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties"- F.D.Roosevelt Syn imaginary, notional unreal lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria 3adj having a curiously intricate quality a fanciful pattern with intertwined vines and flowers Syn fancy not plain; decorative or ornamented |
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