whimsy

/ˈwɪmzi/📚 20836GRE

Whimsy is behaviour that is unusual, playful, and unpredictable, rather than having any serious reason or purpose behind it. ^{异想天开的行为}

The papers are not bereft of whimsy, but it is confined to footnotes and asides.
入选论文中不乏奇思怪想，但只限于脚注和旁白。

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网友用“Whimsy”造句精选: Usefulness might contribute to utility, but so does style, fashion, or even whimsy. 有用性可能会有益于效用的增加，但是风格、潮流、想法同样可以。; Beautiful young people are the whimsy of nature, but beautiful old people are true works of art. 美丽的年轻人是大自然的奇想，而美丽的老人却是艺术的杰作。

近义词whimsey/ˈwɪmzi/n.怪念头,奇想

复合词whimsical/ˈwɪmzɪk(ə)l/adj. 古怪的；异想天开的；反复无常的

近义词whimsicality/ˌwɪmzɪˈkælɪti/n.异想天开,随心所欲,反复无常

源自whim/wɪm/n. 一时的兴致；怪念头；奇想；幻想

one of her bizarre whimsies
The papers are not bereft of whimsy, but it is confined to footnotes and asides. ^{入选论文中不乏奇思怪想，但只限于脚注和旁白。}
Usefulness might contribute to utility, but so does style, fashion, or even whimsy. ^{有用性可能会有益于效用的增加，但是风格、潮流、想法同样可以。}

whim ^{心血来潮；一时的兴致；突发的奇想}	The decision to travel abroad was a sudden whim. ^{出国旅行的决定是一时心血来潮。}
on a whim ^{心血来潮地；一时冲动地}	We bought the house on a whim without thinking about the costs. ^{我们一时冲动买下了这栋房子，没有考虑费用。}
at the whim of sb. ^{由于某人的一时冲动/任性}	I always been afraid to go up in an airplane. Now I'm gonna jump out of one at the whim of a maniac! ^{我一直害怕坐飞机。现在我要因为一个疯子的一时冲动而跳出去了！}