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Definition of whimsy in English: whimsy(also whimsey) nounPlural whimsies, Plural whimseys ˈwɪmziˈ(h)wɪmzi 1mass noun Playfully quaint or fanciful behaviour or humour. 离奇，稀奇古怪 the film is an awkward blend of whimsy and moralizing 这部电影是离奇情节和说教的蹩脚结合。 Example sentencesExamples - It's a simple love song for a beautiful creature, but then out of whimsy, suddenly there's a Dixie band in it.
- That blend of art and whimsy epitomizes both Frank and his hometown.
- An acute political awareness and a fondness for '50s comic strips inform his odd blend of malevolence and whimsy.
- In my opinion the eyes are almost the most important part of the toy, giving it so much personality - humour, whimsy, cuteness, scariness and so on.
- I was wondering whether the vulnerable human capacities for joy, whimsy, and humour have been clamped down upon by the collective unconscious.
- Come celebrate with the young artists in attendance as they inject fresh colour, life, scent, spirit, humour and unselfconscious whimsy into our art scene.
- I've beta-tested this at various points and at each time I've been struck by Ludicorp's amazing combination of utilitarian, usable interface aesthetic and genuinely witty whimsy.
- It's difficult in the space of just 125 words to summon whimsy, erudition, truth and humour, while at the same time getting under the skin of your reader, but Williams manages it there.
- Sandler's a ridiculous romantic lead, but when the tone of the film matches his awkward effort with pure whimsy, it's light fun.
- Some jokes fall flat, shifting the harmonic balance from whimsy to awkward.
- Jarmusch directs with a deadpan tone throughout, always at a slow, sometimes funereal pace, his humour full of whimsy and subversion but prone to moments of idiosyncrasy that slip towards pretension.
- As if historical fact weren't enough, Jones also shows a fondness for, and in fact a deft hand with, fanciful flights of whimsy.
- The writing is her usual blend of charming whimsy, heartbreaking poignancy and sometimes impenetrable surrealism.
- The trio brings appropriate whimsy to Gorey's playfully macabre material, an accordion main soundtrack to besotted mothers and weeping chandeliers.
- There's nothing I despise more than whimsy, in any shape or form.
- It's easy to notice that these miscreants are overwhelmingly white, educated, and well-heeled enough to sink enormous expense and labor into realizing a few days of whimsy and weirdness.
- What he's looking for in a bona fide getaway place is fun, informality, joy, whimsy, self-expression, magnificent land, views and an opportunity for magical experiences.
- Do not allow yourself any capricious acts of whimsy, be precise and calculated, erring (if you must) on the side of mercy and the greater good.
- The film certainly succeeds in doing that - but it also taps into Barrie's well-documented yearning for a world in which playfulness and whimsy would always triumph over seriousness and propriety.
- Though her subject matter is grim, Turke approaches it with whimsy and much humour.
Synonyms unconventionality, unorthodoxy, singularity, oddness, queerness, strangeness, weirdness, bizarreness, quirkiness, freakishness, extraordinariness - 1.1count noun A thing that is fanciful or odd.
离奇的东西，稀奇古怪的东西 the stone carvings and whimsies 石雕和稀奇古怪的东西。 Example sentencesExamples - A strange whimsy makes a grim memory of smoke and fog no less grim but perhaps more haunting.
- Place to buy meaningless whimsy if you have nothing else to do with your dough: Small Crafts Advisory, 9803 Third Ave., Stone Harbor.
2A whim. 怪念头，奇想 a clean slate on which to enter information in the form that suits your whimsy Example sentencesExamples - This isn't to claim our deepest convictions guide us only so far as the whimsy of the moment will allow.
- At the whimsy of the jail administration, months of hard work sealing the cracks with toothpaste were rendered redundant.
- Fate and fortune, both good and ill, are sown by the whimsy of God.
- Nothing can be called a sport that depends on the whimsy of ‘artistic impression’ and the opinions of nine judges.
- I noticed that Paul Johnson has dropped the whimsy and got stuck in to some serious vitriol throwing.
Synonyms impulse, urge, notion, fancy, foible, idea, caprice, conceit, vagary, kink, megrim, crotchet, craze, fad, passion, inclination, bent capriciousness, caprice, volatility, fickleness, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, unpredictability
OriginEarly 17th century (in the sense 'caprice'): probably based on whim-wham. The first sense of this was ‘a sudden fancy, a whim’. The word comes from whim-wham, first recorded in the 1520s and meaning ‘a decorative object, a trinket’, and ‘an odd notion or fancy’. Whim, which first meant ‘a pun or play on words’, also came from whim-wham in the 17th century.
Definition of whimsy in US English: whimsy(also whimsey) nounˈ(h)wɪmziˈ(h)wimzē 1Playfully quaint or fanciful behavior or humor. 离奇，稀奇古怪 the film is an awkward blend of whimsy and moralizing 这部电影是离奇情节和说教的蹩脚结合。 Example sentencesExamples - It's easy to notice that these miscreants are overwhelmingly white, educated, and well-heeled enough to sink enormous expense and labor into realizing a few days of whimsy and weirdness.
- An acute political awareness and a fondness for '50s comic strips inform his odd blend of malevolence and whimsy.
- Come celebrate with the young artists in attendance as they inject fresh colour, life, scent, spirit, humour and unselfconscious whimsy into our art scene.
- What he's looking for in a bona fide getaway place is fun, informality, joy, whimsy, self-expression, magnificent land, views and an opportunity for magical experiences.
- Though her subject matter is grim, Turke approaches it with whimsy and much humour.
- There's nothing I despise more than whimsy, in any shape or form.
- It's a simple love song for a beautiful creature, but then out of whimsy, suddenly there's a Dixie band in it.
- The film certainly succeeds in doing that - but it also taps into Barrie's well-documented yearning for a world in which playfulness and whimsy would always triumph over seriousness and propriety.
- The trio brings appropriate whimsy to Gorey's playfully macabre material, an accordion main soundtrack to besotted mothers and weeping chandeliers.
- Some jokes fall flat, shifting the harmonic balance from whimsy to awkward.
- Sandler's a ridiculous romantic lead, but when the tone of the film matches his awkward effort with pure whimsy, it's light fun.
- Jarmusch directs with a deadpan tone throughout, always at a slow, sometimes funereal pace, his humour full of whimsy and subversion but prone to moments of idiosyncrasy that slip towards pretension.
- I've beta-tested this at various points and at each time I've been struck by Ludicorp's amazing combination of utilitarian, usable interface aesthetic and genuinely witty whimsy.
- Do not allow yourself any capricious acts of whimsy, be precise and calculated, erring (if you must) on the side of mercy and the greater good.
- In my opinion the eyes are almost the most important part of the toy, giving it so much personality - humour, whimsy, cuteness, scariness and so on.
- That blend of art and whimsy epitomizes both Frank and his hometown.
- As if historical fact weren't enough, Jones also shows a fondness for, and in fact a deft hand with, fanciful flights of whimsy.
- I was wondering whether the vulnerable human capacities for joy, whimsy, and humour have been clamped down upon by the collective unconscious.
- The writing is her usual blend of charming whimsy, heartbreaking poignancy and sometimes impenetrable surrealism.
- It's difficult in the space of just 125 words to summon whimsy, erudition, truth and humour, while at the same time getting under the skin of your reader, but Williams manages it there.
Synonyms unconventionality, unorthodoxy, singularity, oddness, queerness, strangeness, weirdness, bizarreness, quirkiness, freakishness, extraordinariness - 1.1 A whim.
怪念头，奇想 Example sentencesExamples - I noticed that Paul Johnson has dropped the whimsy and got stuck in to some serious vitriol throwing.
- This isn't to claim our deepest convictions guide us only so far as the whimsy of the moment will allow.
- Fate and fortune, both good and ill, are sown by the whimsy of God.
- At the whimsy of the jail administration, months of hard work sealing the cracks with toothpaste were rendered redundant.
- Nothing can be called a sport that depends on the whimsy of ‘artistic impression’ and the opinions of nine judges.
Synonyms impulse, urge, notion, fancy, foible, idea, caprice, conceit, vagary, kink, megrim, crotchet, craze, fad, passion, inclination, bent capriciousness, caprice, volatility, fickleness, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, unpredictability - 1.2 A thing that is fanciful or odd.
离奇的东西，稀奇古怪的东西 the stone carvings and whimsies 石雕和稀奇古怪的东西。 Example sentencesExamples - Place to buy meaningless whimsy if you have nothing else to do with your dough: Small Crafts Advisory, 9803 Third Ave., Stone Harbor.
- A strange whimsy makes a grim memory of smoke and fog no less grim but perhaps more haunting.
OriginEarly 17th century (in the sense ‘caprice’): probably based on whim-wham. |