音标：['hwimzi] ；

n. 怪念头, 离奇的东西, 反复无常, 绞盘

n an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
n the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment

词型变化：名词复数形式 : whimsies
考试类型：[GRE]

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whimsy的用法和样例：

例句

用作名词(n.)

He had a whimsy about flying to the moon.他有个想飞上月球的怪念头。
Some show cars are pure whimsy, confections dreamed up by young designers at play.展出的车型中有些纯属异想天开，只是年轻设计师们闲来无事的凭空想像。
We marvel at the whimsy of the devastation.我们对灾难的反复无常感到吃惊。

词汇搭配

whimsy-whamsy奇想

经典引文

The train had..stopped at some chance spot..someone's whimsy.
出自：M. Bradbury

【近义词】

caprice反复无常
whimsicality反复无常
whim一时的兴致
notion观念
quaintness古怪(精致)
oddity古怪
oddness奇怪
eccentricity古怪
quirkiness诡诈
conceit自负
fancy华丽装饰的
fantasy幻想
quirk怪癖
whimsey怪念头
arbitrariness任意
flightiness轻浮
capriciousness任性

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