fancy /'fænsi/
Meaning
English definition
- (n.) a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
- (v.) have a fancy or particular liking or desire for
- (adj.) not plain; decorative or ornamented
Chinese translation
- n. 想象力, 幻想, 喜好
- a. 想象的, 精美的, 新奇的, 奇特的, 高价的, 特级的
- vt. 想象, 设想, 相信, 喜爱
Word details
- Part of speech
- adjective / verb
- Pronunciation
- /'fænsi/
- Syllables
- 2
- Exam levels
- Gaokao · CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS
- Frequency
- Zipf 4.35 · Rare
Word forms
fancied, fancies, fancying, fancier, fanciest
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