fancy
[ˈfænsɪ]
adj
not plain; ornamented or decorative
fancy clothes
requiring skill to perform; intricate
a fancy dance routine
arising in the imagination; capricious or illusory
(often used ironically) superior in quality or impressive
a fancy course in business administration
higher than expected
fancy prices
(of a domestic animal) bred for particular qualities
n
a sudden capricious idea; whim
a sudden or irrational liking for a person or thing
the power to conceive and represent decorative and novel imagery, esp in poetry. Fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imaginationSee imagination
an idea or thing produced by this
a mental image
taste or judgment, as in art of dress
Also called: fantasy Also called: fantasia a composition for solo lute, keyboard, etc, current during the 16th and 17th centuries
vb
to picture in the imagination
to suppose; imagine
I fancy it will rain
to like
I don't fancy your chances!
to have a high or ill-founded opinion of oneself
he fancied himself as a doctor
to have a wish for; desire
she fancied some chocolate
to be physically attracted to (another person)
to breed (animals) for particular characteristics
interj
Also called: fancy that! an exclamation of surprise or disbelief
- 习惯用语
- the fancy those who follow a particular sport, esp prize fighting
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