| 单词 | fantasy |
| 释义 | fantasy /fan"teuh see, -zee/, n. , pl. fantasies, v. , fantasied, fantasying. n. 1. imagination, esp. when extravagant and unrestrained. 2. the forming of mental images, esp. wondrous or strange fancies; imaginative conceptualizing. 3. a mental image, esp. when unreal or fantastic; vision: a nightmare fantasy. 4. Psychol. an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need; daydream. 5. a hallucination. 6. a supposition based on no solid foundation; visionary idea; illusion: dreams of Utopias and similar fantasies. 7. caprice; whim. 8. an ingenious or fanciful thought, design, or invention. 9. Also, fantasia. Literature. an imaginative or fanciful work, esp. one dealing with supernatural or unnatural events or characters: The stories of Poe are fantasies of horror. 10. Music. fantasia (def. 1). v.t. , v.i. 11. to form mental images; imagine; fantasize. 12. Rare. to write or play fantasias. Also, phantasy. [1275-1325; ME fantasie imaginative faculty, mental image ( < AF, OF) < L phantasia < Gk phantasía an idea, notion, image, lit., a making visible; see FANTASTIC, -Y3] Syn. 1. See fancy. |
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