Word · Frequency #9606
whims
一时的兴致；怪念头；冲动
whims is the plural of whim.
a sudden desire or an odd, fanciful idea
- 1.
A fanciful impulse, or sudden change of idea.
一时兴起或突然改变主意。
- 2.
A bird, the Eurasian wigeon.
一种鸟,即欧亚赤颈鸭。
- 3.
A large capstan or vertical drum turned by horse power or steam power, for raising ore or water, etc., from mines, or for other purposes.
由马力或蒸汽动力驱动的大型绞盘或立式滚筒,用于从矿井提升矿石或水等。
一时兴起或突然改变主意。；一种鸟,即欧亚赤颈鸭。；由马力或蒸汽动力驱动的大型绞盘或立式滚筒,用于从矿井提升矿石或水等。；一时的兴致；冲动
In use
She bought the expensive dress on a whim, without even trying it on.
On a whim, they decided to take a road trip to the coast.
He painted the room purple on a whim, but ended up loving it.
on a whim
She decided to fly to Paris on a whim.
她一时冲动决定飞往巴黎。
at the whim of sb
常表达受制于某人的随意决定。
The schedule is always at the whim of the boss.
时间表总是由老板一时兴起决定。
have a whim to do sth
I had a sudden whim to buy a motorcycle.
Connections
Collocations
- on a whim
- 一时兴起
- She decided to dye her hair blue on a whim.她一时兴起决定把头发染成蓝色。
- at whim
- 随意地
- The manager changed the schedule at whim, confusing everyone.经理随意更改时间表，把大家都弄糊涂了。
- sudden whim
- 突如其来的怪念头
- He bought a house in the countryside on a sudden whim.他一时冲动在乡下买了栋房子。
- whim of fate
- 命运的捉弄
- By a whim of fate, they met again years later.由于命运的捉弄，他们在多年后又相遇了。
- whim of fashion
- 时尚的突发潮流
- Designers often follow the whim of fashion rather than functionality.设计师们常常追随时尚的突发潮流，而非功能性。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想“whim”为“微梦”——微小的、突如其来的怪念头。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：on a whim、at the whim of、capricious decision 该词通常用于描述突发奇想或一时冲动，在书面语和口语中都常见，但更常出现在描述非理性或随性行为的语境中。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words rhyme with whim: the stressed vowel /ɪ/ and following /m/ match. Beware of lookalikes like 'chime' (/tʃaɪm/), 'thyme' (/taɪm/), or 'rhyme' (/raɪm/) which have different vowel sounds.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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