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词汇 fanciful
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Definition of fanciful in English:

fanciful

adjectiveˈfansɪfʊlˈfansɪf(ə)lˈfænsəfəl
  • 1Over-imaginative and unrealistic.

    ever more fanciful proposals were raised
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is less imaginative or fanciful than Tom, but more practical.
    • He'd always said such things like that, always so fanciful and imaginative with an underlying tone of seriousness.
    • Is it really so fanciful to expect coffee shops and bars to provide internet access on the house?
    • The idea of a team made up of footballers who could play anywhere, moving around the pitch as the game and their colleagues demanded, now seems quaint and fanciful.
    • Okay, so admittedly that may be a fanciful and unrealistic goal.
    Synonyms
    impractical, impracticable, unworkable, unfeasible, non-viable
    1. 1.1 Existing only in the imagination.
      臆造的,空想的
      fanciful lunar inhabitants
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Paintings of original and fanciful snowmen are one favorite, and winter trees or landscapes are another.
      • The judge said the two men lived in a ‘strange and fanciful world’ where they thought they could ‘ride around in cars, armed to the hilt’.
      • And I think you never outgrow your love for those imaginative, fanciful, farfetched, fantastic characters and situations.
      • In this way I made bright many linens to cover the holy books, and made for myself gay designs of fanciful beasts and birds upon my gowns and sashes.
      • During their mission, they encounter all kinds of bizarre and fanciful creatures.
      Synonyms
      imaginative, inventive
      whimsical, impractical, capricious, flighty, dreamy, daydreaming, quixotic, chimerical, head in the clouds, out of touch with reality, in a world of one's own
      archaic visionary
      fantastic, extravagant, far-fetched, romantic, unbelievable, ridiculous, absurd, preposterous
      imaginary, fancied, unreal, illusory, made-up, make-believe
      mythical, fabulous, legendary, fairy tale
      informal far out, tall, crackpot, cock and bull, hard to swallow/take
  • 2Highly ornamental or imaginative in design.

    a fanciful Art Nouveau bar
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Wu Bing designed wonderful costumes, from semi-traditional to fanciful, while the lighting was minimal, sets almost nonexistent, and most of the music American.
    • The living room is the most fanciful; its highly abstract designs interspersed with some identifiable birds and the occasional flower.
    • The fountain illustrated, an exquisite piece of Gothic architecture in miniature, was designed to be both fanciful and functional.
    • The new place is colourful and inviting, as sunflower-yellow walls help to show off Obadia's collection of colourful wall hangings, photographs, ornamental pots and fanciful souvenirs.
    • They made fanciful designs with dots, lines and geometric patterns on walls, antlers and other things.
    Synonyms
    ornate, exotic, imaginative, creative, fancy
    curious, odd, bizarre, strange, eccentric, unusual, original
    extravagant, fantastic, grotesque, gothic, baroque

Derivatives

  • fancifully

  • adverbˈfansɪf(ə)liˈfansɪfʊliˈfænsɪf(ə)li
    • Maybe he was like all the others and I was fancifully making all his nice gestures up, it was all a figment of my imagination.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Even this outpouring of funds, though, won't take the technology to the level Crichton fancifully depicts.
      • It would help to know who is talking fancifully and who is talking sensibly.
      • Not so long ago, the major film critics in the U.S. fancifully tossed around the idea of the ‘death of cinema.’
      • They were not bound in leather, inlaid with gold, or covered in fancifully artistic renderings.
  • fancifulness

  • nounˈfansɪˌfʊlnəsˈfansɪˌf(ə)lnəsˈfænsɪfəlnəs
    • There's a fancifulness and whimsy to the way she draws the human figure.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Stephen's bullying self-pity and edgy rationalism ran up sharply against Anny's fancifulness, extravagance and sentiment.
      • We sought to add imagination and fancifulness to regular family activities.
      • Through his work, he helped sustain the qualities of fancifulness, warmth and consideration that have been so threatened by our coarse, cynical age.

Definition of fanciful in US English:

fanciful

adjectiveˈfænsəfəlˈfansəfəl
  • 1(of a person or their thoughts and ideas) overimaginative and unrealistic.

    (人或其思想、看法)不现实的;爱想像的

    a fanciful story about a pot of gold

    关于一罐金子的虚幻故事。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Is it really so fanciful to expect coffee shops and bars to provide internet access on the house?
    • He is less imaginative or fanciful than Tom, but more practical.
    • The idea of a team made up of footballers who could play anywhere, moving around the pitch as the game and their colleagues demanded, now seems quaint and fanciful.
    • He'd always said such things like that, always so fanciful and imaginative with an underlying tone of seriousness.
    • Okay, so admittedly that may be a fanciful and unrealistic goal.
    Synonyms
    impractical, impracticable, unworkable, unfeasible, non-viable
    1. 1.1 Existing only in the imagination or fancy.
      臆造的,空想的
      the Moon Maiden is one of a number of fanciful lunar inhabitants

      嫦娥是人们想像出来的诸多月球居民之一。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • And I think you never outgrow your love for those imaginative, fanciful, farfetched, fantastic characters and situations.
      • During their mission, they encounter all kinds of bizarre and fanciful creatures.
      • Paintings of original and fanciful snowmen are one favorite, and winter trees or landscapes are another.
      • The judge said the two men lived in a ‘strange and fanciful world’ where they thought they could ‘ride around in cars, armed to the hilt’.
      • In this way I made bright many linens to cover the holy books, and made for myself gay designs of fanciful beasts and birds upon my gowns and sashes.
      Synonyms
      imaginative, inventive
      fantastic, extravagant, far-fetched, romantic, unbelievable, ridiculous, absurd, preposterous
    2. 1.2 Designed to be exotically ornamental rather than practical.
      花哨的;稀奇古怪的
      fanciful bonnets

      花里胡哨的女帽。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • The new place is colourful and inviting, as sunflower-yellow walls help to show off Obadia's collection of colourful wall hangings, photographs, ornamental pots and fanciful souvenirs.
      • The living room is the most fanciful; its highly abstract designs interspersed with some identifiable birds and the occasional flower.
      • They made fanciful designs with dots, lines and geometric patterns on walls, antlers and other things.
      • The fountain illustrated, an exquisite piece of Gothic architecture in miniature, was designed to be both fanciful and functional.
      • Wu Bing designed wonderful costumes, from semi-traditional to fanciful, while the lighting was minimal, sets almost nonexistent, and most of the music American.
      Synonyms
      ornate, exotic, imaginative, creative, fancy
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