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单词 fanciful
释义 fan·ci·ful
\ˈfan(t)sə̇fəl, -aan-, -ain-, -sēf-\ adjective
1. : given to fancy, unrestrained imagination, or whim : guided by fancy, imagination, or illusion rather than by reason, experience, or fact
 < I am not a fanciful person, but … I seemed to hear Moriarty's voice screaming at me — A. Conan Doyle >
2.
 a. : marked by fancy and unrestrained imagination in conception, thought, or consideration : not governed or ascertained by facts, realities, and reason
  < fanciful image of primitive man, uncontaminated by science or art, undepraved by thought — C.H.Grandgent >
 b. : existing in fancy only : having no existence in fact
  < the falsehood about some fanciful secret treaties — F.D.Roosevelt >
3. : marked by or as if by fancy, whim, or imagination in design, construction, or execution
 < the thin blue wreaths of smoke that curled up in such fanciful whorls — Oscar Wilde >
Synonyms: see imaginary
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