fancy

noun

1. a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

2. something many people believe that is false

e.g. they have the illusion that I am very wealthy

Synonym: illusionfantasyphantasy

3. a predisposition to like something

e.g. he had a fondness for whiskey

Synonym: fondnesspartiality

verb

1. imagine
conceive of
see in one's mind

e.g. I can't see him on horseback!
I can see what will happen
I can see a risk in this strategy

Synonym: visualizevisualiseenvisionprojectseefigurepictureimage

2. have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

e.g. She fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window

Synonym: go fortake to

fancy的翻译

adj

1. not plain
decorative or ornamented

e.g. fancy handwriting
fancy clothes

想;喜欢;认为（WANTING, LIKING, OR THINKING）

1. 想要;想做
If you fancy something, you want to have it or to do it.

e.g. What do you fancy doing, anyway?...
你到底想干什么？
e.g. Do you fancy going to see a movie sometime?...
你想不想有空去看场电影？

2. (尤指一时的)喜好，渴望
A fancy is a liking or desire for someone or something, especially one that does not last long.

e.g. She did not suspect that his interest was just a passing fancy.
她相信这不过是他一时兴起。

3. 爱慕;对(异性)着迷
If you fancy someone, you feel attracted to them, especially in a sexual way.

e.g. The boys would tease you to death if they didn't fancy you...
如果男孩们不喜欢你的话，他们就会狠狠地捉弄你。
e.g. I think he thinks I fancy him or something.
我想他以为我爱慕他或什么的。

4. 想让自己成为;想让自己做
If you fancy yourself as a particular kind of person or fancy yourself doing a particular thing, you like the idea of being that kind of person or doing that thing.

e.g. So you fancy yourself as the boss someday?...
这么说，你是想有一天自己当上老板喽？
e.g. I didn't fancy myself wearing a kilt.
我不想穿褶裥短裙。

5. 以为(自己)是;把(自己)当成
If you say that someone fancies themselves (as) a particular kind of person, you mean that they think, often wrongly, that they have the good qualities which that kind of person has.

e.g. She fancies herself a bohemian...
她自以为是放荡不羁的艺术家。
e.g. She knew Felix fancied himself as a connoisseur.
她知道费利克斯把他自己当成鉴赏家。

6. 相信(参赛的某队或某人)会赢
If you say that you fancy a particular competitor or team in a competition, you think they will win.

e.g. You have to fancy Bath because they are the most consistent team in England...
巴斯队一定会赢，因为他们是英格兰表现最稳定的球队。
e.g. I fancy England to win through.
我认为英格兰队会一路胜出。

7. 认为;料想
If you fancy that something is the case, you think or suppose that it is so.

e.g. When Ferris looked up he fancied that he saw a shadow pass close to the window...
费里斯抬头向上看，感觉看见一个影子在窗子近旁经过。
e.g. She fancied he was trying to hide a smile.
她猜想他正在尽力掩饰笑容。

8. (不切实际的)想象，幻想
A fancy is an idea that is unlikely, untrue, or imaginary.

e.g. His last book is a bold, at times surrealistic mixture of fact and fancy.
他的最后一部书把现实与梦幻大胆糅合在一起，有些地方表现出超现实主义色彩。
e.g. ...a childhood fancy.
儿时的幻想

9. (表达惊奇或不赞成)真想不到，太意外
You say 'fancy' or 'fancy that' when you want to express surprise or disapproval.

e.g. It was very tasteless. Fancy talking like that so soon after his death...
这真是太不得体了。真想不到在他尸骨未寒时就那么说话。
e.g. 'Fancy that!' smiled Conti.
“真想不到！”康蒂笑着说。

10. (通常指不知何故就)爱上，喜欢上
If you take a fancy to someone or something, you start liking them, usually for no understandable reason.

e.g. Sylvia took quite a fancy to him...
西尔维娅深深爱上了他。
e.g. The King took a fancy to ordering disguises and masks.
国王迷上了订购化装用品和面具。

11. 招…喜欢;逗…喜爱
If something takes your fancy or tickles your fancy, you like it a lot when you see it or think of it.

e.g. She makes most of her own clothes, copying any fashion which takes her fancy.
她的衣服多是仿照她喜爱的时装自己缝制的。

12. flight of fancy -> see flight

精致的;昂贵的（ELABORATE OR EXPENSIVE）

1. 别致的;精美的;花哨的
If you describe something as fancy, you mean that it is special, unusual, or elaborate, for example because it has a lot of decoration.

fancy在线翻译

e.g. It was packaged in a fancy plastic case with attractive graphics.
它装在一个别致的有漂亮图纹的塑料盒子里。
e.g. ...fancy jewellery.
精美的珠宝

2. (过于)奢华的，豪华的，昂贵的
If you describe something as fancy, you mean that it is very expensive or of very high quality, and you often dislike it because of this.

e.g. He owned a fancy house out on Lake Agawam...
他在阿格瓦姆湖畔拥有一座豪宅。
e.g. They sent me to a fancy private school.
他们把我送到一所昂贵的私立学校学习。

1. 想象：关于虚构,在此与模仿相对,区别在于它没有对象,凭空而来,是一种纯粹的想象(fancy),类似于寓言、童话、科幻或卡通片. 虚构性的场景,常常是乐园制造狂欢气氛的主要手段. 无论模仿还是虚构,都是人的创造力与技艺的反映. 因而,

2. 爱好：n.坟墓 adj.严重的--勇敢者(brave)果然(gr)不怕坟墓(grave)fame n.名声,名望--从名字(name)上来看,到了拄拐杖( f )的年龄才能成名(fame)fancy n.想象力;设想;爱好--饭(fan)后抽烟(cy)是我的爱好(fancy)