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If you call someone fanciable, you mean they are good-looking in a way that makes you want them — not just “nice to look at,” but attractive in a sexual, boyfriend-or-girlfriend way. It comes from the British verb fancy: “I fancy him” means “I like him; I would go out with him.” So fanciable is “someone you could fancy.” It is informal, a bit playful, and mostly British; Americans almost never say it. You might hear it about a person, a photo, an actor. It is not a compliment you would put in a serious letter. It is also not as strong as calling someone sexy in a loud way — it can be lighter, even teasing. Though actually, it still points at desire, not at being clever or kind.
讓人想追的、讓人心動的(偏曖昧、英式口語)
組成fancy(英式:對某人心動、想追)+ -able(可以……的)→「可以去 fancy 的」。
同家族的字
- fancythe British verb this is built from: to like someone in a romantic or sexual way
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
fanciableadj
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informalWorthy or likely to be fancied; sexually attractive.
- […] I wondered where the poor soul had seen a less fanciable maiden than herself in our village, or any other.
- she’s only been on one date at uni, which involved sitting at a bar with a male specimen she’d thought was an interesting person, who was obviously swiping his phone to see if someone more fanciable was in the vicinity before making his pathetic excuses about having to do revision
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datedAble to be fancied (imagined or supposed).
- doubt reasonably and fairly entertained as opposed to vague or fanciable doubt
- […] the factual basis for such a contention is more fanciable than real.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。