a flight of fancy
collocation奇思妙想；胡思乱想
His plan to build a castle in the sky is just a flight of fancy.
他在空中建造城堡的计划只是奇思妙想。
喜爱；偏爱
fancies — plural of fancy
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喜爱；偏爱
a liking or preference for someone or something.
He dismissed the idea as a mere fancy.
他驳斥了这个想法，认为它纯粹是幻想。
想象力
The imagination.
许多人相信但实际上是错误的事物
something many people believe that is false
在脑海中形成的任何事物的形象或表现
An image or representation of anything formed in the mind.
一种想象力,柯勒律治认为比真正的想象力更随意和肤浅
a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination
She had a fancy that she could fly like a bird.
她有一种幻想，觉得自己能像鸟一样飞翔。
His fancies about becoming a rock star never came true.
他那些成为摇滚歌星的幻想从未实现。
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奇思妙想；胡思乱想
His plan to build a castle in the sky is just a flight of fancy.
他在空中建造城堡的计划只是奇思妙想。
喜欢上；爱上
She took a fancy to the little puppy at first sight.
她第一眼就喜欢上了那只小狗。
对…有偏好；喜欢
He has a fancy for spicy food.
他偏好辣食。
纯粹的幻想
That's no reality, but mere fancy.
那不是现实，只是纯粹的幻想。
无端的幻想；空想
Don't waste time on idle fancies; focus on what you can do.
不要把时间浪费在无端的幻想上，专注于你能做的事情。
喜欢上；对…产生好感
She took a fancy to the little puppy at the pet store.
她在宠物店喜欢上了那只小狗。
吸引某人；合某人的心意
That colorful scarf caught my fancy, so I bought it.
那条色彩鲜艳的围巾很合我的心意，所以我买了下来。
引起某人的兴趣；逗某人开心
The idea of traveling to Japan tickles my fancy.
去日本旅行的主意引起了我的兴趣。
告诉我这份喜爱是从哪里产生的，是在心里还是在脑海里？
He took a fancy to the painting.
他喜欢上了那幅画。
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Fancy音似'幻想'，联想为虚假的想象或喜好。
语域：mixed 常见场景：文学、心理学、日常表达 作为名词时，通常用于文学或心理学语境，指较随意的想象或幻想；在日常表达中也可表示偏好，但不如动词常见。
All listed words share the '-ancy' spelling ending, but only 'fancy' (/'fænsi/) has the vowel /æ/ in that syllable; the others have a schwa /ə/. True rhymes with 'fancy' are rare; 'pansy' (/'pænzi/) is a near rhyme.
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