中文词源
whimsy 怪念头，怪想法
词源不详，可能来自拟声词，风呼啸而吹的声音。引申义忽然而来的，忽然而去的，古怪的。
英语词源
- whimsy (n.)
- c. 1600, probably related to whimwham.
权威例句
- 1. His speech was full of whimsy.
- 他妙语如珠.
- 2. They are like oracular messages, but witty - jaunty at times - and sometimes trembling on the edge of whimsy.
- 它们都像神谕, 但很机智,有时极其轻快,有时又濒于怪诞.
- 3. I must confess, I'm guilty of the same foolish whimsy.
- 我承认, 我和你一样干过这样的蠢事.
- 4. He had a whimsy about flying to the moon.
- 他有个想飞上月球的怪念头.
- 5. Vintage caf é curtains in a graphic floral pattern add whimsy.
- 古典风格的带有生动花纹的窗帘如锦上添花.