Whim
[wɪm]
解釋/意思:
(n.) The European widgeon.
(n.) A sudden turn or start of the mind; a temporary eccentricity; a freak; a fancy; a capricious notion; a humor; a caprice.
(n.) 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; -- called also whim gin, and whimsey.
(v. i.) To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish.
手打:威尔
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Freak, fancy, vagary, humor, caprice, crotchet, maggot, quirk, whimsey, kink, WRINKLE.
手打:萨曼莎
解釋/意思:
n. a caprice: a fancy: a machine for raising ore a mine.—v.i. to turn round to be seized with a whim.—v.t. to cause to turn.—adjs. Whim′my Whim′sical full of whims odd fantastical.—ns. Whimsical′ity Whim′sicalness.—adv. Whim′sically.—ns. Whim′sy Whim′sey a whim freak.—adj. full of whims changeable.—n. Whim′-wham a ridiculous notion or thing a freak an odd device.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Really that little man was dreadful: a mere sprite of caprice andubiquity: one never knew either his whim or his whereabout. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Let him put away his whim now, and he is welcome back. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Gladly would I give it if I could, but I only know that it was the whim of my timid Viola, and I yielded to it. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- It is not the business of the politician to preserve an Olympian indifference to what stupid people call popular whim. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- I left off opposing her favourite whim on that account, because some of the sympathy was sure, in course of time, to fall to my share. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- You think me unsteady: easily swayed by the whim of the moment, easily tempted, easily put aside. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- This whim suited me the better at this time, from the cheapness of it, not costing us above eighteen pence sterling each per week. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- My whim is gratified; and now I think Mr. Eshton will do well to put the hag in the stocks to-morrow morning, as he threatened. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- You remember that the affair of the blue carbuncle, which appeared to be a mere whim at first, developed into a serious investigation. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- Nothing was so wilful as Shirley when she took a whim into her head. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I will humour your whim; but you will begin talking again ere ten minutes are over. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- So far from being your way, it is only your whim! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It is not the least to the purpose what the reasons of this prohibition are; they may be the strongest and gravest reasons, or they may be mere whim. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The wall must be crumbled, the stone decayed, To pleasure his dainty whim; And the mouldering dust that years have made, Is a merry meal for him. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- Indeed, my dear, it's not a whim. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- Captain Dufranne is willing to remain, and for my part I am perfectly willing, perfectly willing--as I always have been to humor your childish whims. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Queer, she said to herself, always queer, with her whims and her ways, ever since I can remember her. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Such whims are only impressive as we originate them, I think; they are not to be communicated. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- It's more my fault than yours, for humouring her whims, and letting her be alone in such a place as this. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Wild and full of childish whims as Em'ly was, she was more of a little woman than I had supposed. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- As Mrs. Weston observed, all young people would have their little whims. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- However, we can not alter our established customs to please the whims of guides; we can not show partialities this late in the day. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Among other whims and fancies which they taught her there, they put some nonsense into her head about always wearing white. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies, _do_ divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Shirley, in spite of her whims and oddities, her dodges and delays, has an infatuated fondness for him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I have not been used to submit to any person's whims. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- I have a singular opinion on this subject, which I will venture to communicate to you, though I doubt you will rank it among my whims. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
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