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be full of whimsy
whimsy 在此用作不可数名词，表示‘离奇有趣的特质’。
Her children's book is full of whimsy and charm.
她的儿童书籍充满了怪念头和魅力。
怪念头；奇想；异想天开的想法
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怪念头；奇想；异想天开的想法
an odd, fanciful, or capricious idea
Her children's book is full of whimsy and charm.
她的儿童书籍充满了怪念头和魅力。
古怪而奇特的想法；异想天开；顽皮的古怪行为。
A quaint and fanciful idea; a whim; playfully odd behaviour.
冲动的、不合逻辑的或反复无常的性格。
An impulsive, illogical or capricious character.
绞盘(立式鼓)。
A whim (capstan or vertical drum).
被切成可识别形状的拼图块,通常与拼图图像的主题相关。
A jigsaw puzzle piece that has been cut into a recognizable shape, as if on a whim; often the shape is representative of the theme of the image used for the puzzle.
His plan to paint the living room purple was no mere whimsy; he had thought about it for weeks.
他把客厅漆成紫色的计划绝不是一时异想天开；他已经考虑了好几个星期。
The children's story was full of whimsy, with talking animals and upside-down trees.
孩子们的故事充满了奇思妙想，里面有会说话的动物和倒着长的树。
Her sudden craving for pineapple pizza was a whimsy she could not explain.
她突然想吃菠萝披萨，这是一种她无法解释的怪念头。
whimsy 在此用作不可数名词，表示‘离奇有趣的特质’。
Her children's book is full of whimsy and charm.
她的儿童书籍充满了怪念头和魅力。
a whimsy 表示‘一个怪念头’，为可数用法。
He had a sudden whimsy to paint the room purple.
他突发奇想要把房间漆成紫色。
with whimsy 作状语，修饰动作方式。
The artist decorated the garden with whimsy.
艺术家任性而离奇地装饰了花园。
Not this
This is a whimsy story.
Use this
This is a whimsical story.
whimsy 是名词，不能直接修饰名词；应用其形容词形式 whimsical。
Not this
I had a whimsy to call him.
Use this
I had a whim to call him.
whimsy 指离奇的想法或特质，而 whim 才是“一时的冲动、突然的念头”，表达突然的欲望要用 whim。
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