Word · Frequency #32746
fantastical
空想的；幻想的
existing only in the imagination; fanciful
- 1.
Of or pertaining to fantasy.
幻想的
- 2.
Fanciful or whimsical.
异想天开的
古怪的；奇异的；幻想的；异想天开的；空想的；捕风捉影的
In use
She told a fantastical story about dragons and flying castles.
His plan to build a city on the ocean seemed fantastical to everyone.
The painting was full of fantastical creatures that no one had ever seen.
be fantastical
表示某事物不切实际或纯属幻想。
His explanation is entirely fantastical.
他的解释完全是空想的。
a fantastical + noun
用于修饰名词，表示该名词所描述的内容是虚构或奇异的。
She told a fantastical story about dragons.
她讲了一个关于龙的空想故事。
find sth fantastical
表达主观认为某事物不真实。
I find the whole scenario fantastical.
我觉得整个场景是捕风捉影的。
seem fantastical
表示某事物看起来不切实际。
The proposal seemed fantastical to the committee.
该提案在委员会看来是捕风捉影的。
Common mistakes
The plot of the novel is too fantastic to believe.The plot of the novel is too fantastical to believe.
Fantastic 通常表示‘极好的’，而 fantastical 才表示‘空想的；捕风捉影的’。此处描述情节离奇不可信，应用 fantastical。
Don't listen to his fantastical.Don't listen to his fantastical ideas.
Fantastical 是形容词，不能直接用作名词。应后接一个名词（如 ideas、stories 等）来构成名词短语。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- fantasticals
- plural
Learner notes
Grammar Note
less common variant of 'fantastic'
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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