喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can think of 'fancy' as the play of the imagination — the mind picturing and being drawn to things. From this one root grow two directions a can feel: (1) the imagination reaching toward something it likes or wants (a , a liking, 'I fancy a coffee'), and (2) something so worked-up and that it looks like the product of imagination rather than plain everyday life (a fancy restaurant). The thread is the same: the fanciful, picturing mind.

可以把 fancy 想成「想像力在運作」——腦中浮現畫面、並被某樣東西吸引。從這個源頭長出兩個方向，學習者能直接感覺…更多收起可以把 fancy 想成「想像力在運作」——腦中浮現畫面、並被某樣東西吸引。從這個源頭長出兩個方向，學習者能直接感覺到：一是想像力伸向它喜歡、想要的東西（一時的念頭、好感，I fancy a coffee 我想來杯咖啡）；二是某樣東西做得太精緻、太花俏，看起來像出自想像、而不是樸素的日常（a fancy restaurant 高級餐廳）。串起來的線是同一條：那顆會想像、會描繪的心。

原始詞典資料29 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。

Fancyname

  • 1

    A surname from Old English

fancynoun詞源 1/ˈfæn.si/

  • 1

    The imagination.

    • […] But know that in the soul / Are many lesser faculties, that serve / Reason as chief; among these Fancy next / Her office holds […]
    • In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish’d dove; / In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.
  • 2

    An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.

    • How now, my lord! why do you keep alone, / Of sorriest fancies your companions making, / Using those thoughts which should indeed have died / With them they think on?
    • Her timbers were olden dreams dreamed long ago, and poets’ fancies made her tall, straight masts, and her rigging was wrought out of the people’s hopes.
  • 3

    An opinion or notion formed without much reflection.

    • VVhen you have vvell vievved the Scenes and Deviliſh ſhapes of this Practical Metamorphoſis, and ſcan'd them in your ſerious thoughts, you vvill vvonder at their audacious phant'ſies, vvho ſeem to hold Specifical deformities, or that any part can ſeeme unhandſome in their Eyes, vvhich hath appeared good and beautiful unto their Maker: […]
    • I have always had a Fancy, that Learning might be made a Play and Recreation to Children […]
  • 4

    A whim.

    • I had a fancy to learn to play the flute.
  • 5

    Love or amorous attachment.

    • And they’ve taken a fancy to me, Aunt said. Kitto and the others. That means they like me.
  • 6

    Liking.

    • He took a fancy to the goods in the window.
  • 7

    The object of inclination or liking.

    • For you, fair Hermia, look you arm yourself / To fit your fancies to your father’s will;
  • 8

    Any sport or hobby pursued by a group.

    • Trainspotting is the fancy of a special lot.
    • the cat fancy
另外 7 個記錄的用法
  • 9

    The enthusiasts of such a pursuit.

    • He fell out of favor with the boxing fancy after the incident.
    • […] at a great book sale in London, which had congregated all the Fancy, on a copy occurring, not one of the company but ourself knew what the mystical title-page meant.
  • 10

    A diamond with a distinctive colour.

  • 11

    That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value.

    • 18th century, John Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving Land, cited in Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language, 1755, London-pride is a pretty fancy, and does well for borders.
  • 12

    A bite-sized sponge cake, with a layer of cream, covered in icing.

    • a French fancy; a fondant fancy; cream fancies
  • 13

    obsoleteA sort of love song or light impromptu ballad.

    • [He] ſung thoſe tunes to the ouer-ſchutcht huſwiues, that he heard the Car-men whiſtle, and ſware they were his fancies or his good-nights, […]
  • 14

    In the game of jacks, a style of play involving additional actions (contrasted with plainsies).

    • When you have mastered plainsies, the regular jack game, and have learned all the rules, you will be ready to use this part of the book. A fancy is a variation of plainsies which usually requires more skill than plainsies does.
    • When you get good at jacks, try adding a fancy. A fancy is an extra round at the end of a game. It makes the game a little harder. Jack Be Nimble, Around the World, or Black Widow are some fancies.
  • 15

    obsoleteslangA colored neckerchief worn at prizefights to show support for a contender.

    • the yellow fancy; the cream fancy; the blood-red fancy

fancyadj詞源 1/ˈfæn.si/

  • 1

    Decorative, or featuring decorations, especially intricate or diverse ones.

    • This is a fancy shawl.
  • 2

    Of a superior grade.

    • This box contains bottles of the fancy grade of jelly.
  • 3

    Executed with skill.

    • He initiated the game-winning play with a fancy deked saucer pass to the winger.
    • It took some fancy footwork to make it happen.
  • 4

    Unnecessarily complicated.

    • I'm not keen on him and his fancy ideas.
  • 5

    obsoleteExtravagant; above real value.

    • This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania, like that which led his [Frederick the Great's] father to pay fancy prices for giants.

fancyadv詞源 1/ˈfæn.si/

  • 1

    In a fancy manner; fancily.

    • I igonored it, hurdling her navel, riding her torso and taking both her breasts in my hands and mashing them none too fancy.

fancyverb詞源 2/ˈfæn.si/

  • 1

    formalTo appreciate without jealousy or greed.

    • I fancy your new car, but I like my old one just fine.
  • 2

    Would like; have a desire for.

    • I fancy a burger tonight for dinner.
    • Do you fancy going to town this weekend?
  • 3

    informalTo be sexually, aesthetically or romantically attracted to.

    • I fancy that girl over there.
    • How can you fancie one that lookes so fierce, / Onely diſpoſed to martiall Stratagems? / UUho when he ſhal embrace you in his arms / UUil tell how many thouſand men he ſlew.
  • 4

    datedTo imagine, suppose.

    • [dated] I fancy you'll want something to drink after your long journey.
    • I fancy this is an error.
  • 5

    To form a conception of; to portray in the mind.

    • he whom I fancy, but can ne'er express
    • It was such a scene of confusion as you can hardly fancy. All the lockfast places had been broken open in quest of the chart.
  • 6

    To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners.

    • We fancy not the cardinal.
    • "Oh! I can fancy her flutter! For my part, if there be one character in the world more odious than another, I think it is a fussy woman. Lady, with Lord Cadurcis dining with her, and the new beauty for a niece, must have been in a most delectable state of bustle.
  • 7

    To breed (animals) as a hobby.

    • I would recommend this little book very highly to anyone who fancies pigeons, novices and veterans alike.

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