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  • Conjugation : past  fancied ; past  fancied ; pp  fancied ; ing  fancying ; ing  fancying ; more  fancier ; most  fanciest ; pl  fancies
  • Derivatives : n  fanciness ; n  fanciness ; adj  fanciless ; adv  fancily
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

fancy ['fænsɪ]
  1. 1. adjective [+jewellery, clothes, hat] (elaborate) 别致的
  2. 2. adjective [+school, hotel, food] (high-quality, expensive) 高档的
  3. 3. vt. [esp BRIT] [inf] (feel like, want) 想要
  4. 4. vt. (think, imagine) 认为
  5. 5. vt. [inf] [+person] 喜欢
  6. 6. noun [c/u] (imagination) 想象力
  7. 7. noun [c] (whim) 幻想
  8. 8. noun [c/u] (fantasy) 幻想
    to fancy o.s.
    [pej] 高估自己
    to take a fancy to sb/sth
    喜欢上某人/某事
    when the fancy takes him
    当他突发奇想时
    a passing fancy
    心血来潮
    to take {or} tickle sb's fancy
    吸引某人
    fancy seeing you here!
    真想不到在这见到你！

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

fancy [ 'fænsɪ] [ 'fænsɪ]
  1. 1. noun 想象，幻想，空想
  2. 2. noun 想象力；幻想力
  3. 3. noun 错觉；幻觉
  4. 4. noun 心象；印象
  5. 5. noun 怪想，怪念头；想法，见解
  6. 6. noun （常为一时的）爱好，喜爱，喜欢，迷恋
    to take a fancy to someone
    喜爱某人
  7. 7. noun [rarely used] （在艺术、衣着等方面的）审美观，鉴赏力
  8. 8. noun （在艺术、娱乐等方面）有特殊癖好者，…迷（尤指拳击迷）
  9. 9. noun 癖好（尤指拳击）
  10. 10. adjective 空想出来的，根据想象的；异想天开的
  11. 11. adjective （价格等）高价的；昂贵的
    a fancy price
    高昂价格，高价
  12. 12. adjective 装饰性的；花哨的；别致的
    a fancy necktie
    花哨的领带
  13. 13. adjective 技艺高超的；高难度的，死式的
    fancy diving
    (花式)跳水运动
  14. 14. adjective 特级的，高档的
    Canned goods graded fancy.
    属于特级食品的罐头。
  15. 15. adjective （动物）品种珍贵的
  16. 16. adjective 杂色的
  17. 17. adjective （构思者）奇特的，异样的
  18. 18. vt. 想象，（无根据或根据不充分地）设想
  19. 19. vt. 爱好；喜欢
  20. 20. vt. 以为；猜想
    They are, I fancy, still friends.
    我猜想，他们仍是朋友。

Collins English-English Dictionary

fancy ['fænsɪ]
  1. 1. adj not plain; ornamented or decorative
    a fancy cake
    fancy clothes
  2. 2. n [music] fantasy fantasia a composition for solo lute, keyboard, etc, current during the 16th and 17th centuries
  3. 3. adj requiring skill to perform; intricate
    a fancy dance routine
  4. 4. adj arising in the imagination; capricious or illusory
  5. 5. adj (often used ironically) superior in quality or impressive
    a fancy course in business administration
  6. 6. adj higher than expected
    fancy prices
  7. 7. adj (of a domestic animal) bred for particular qualities
  8. 8. n a sudden capricious idea; whim
  9. 9. n a sudden or irrational liking for a person or thing
  10. 10. n the power to conceive and represent decorative and novel imagery, esp in poetry. Fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination - See imagination
  11. 11. n an idea or thing produced by this
  12. 12. n a mental image
  13. 13. interj fancy that! an exclamation of surprise or disbelief
  14. 14. n taste or judgment, as in art of dress
  15. 15. vt. [tr] to picture in the imagination
  16. 16. vt. to suppose; imagine
    I fancy it will rain
  17. 17. vt. [often used with a negative] to like
    I don't fancy your chances!
  18. 18. vt. [reflexive] to have a high or ill-founded opinion of oneself
    he fancied himself as a doctor
  19. 19. vt. [informal] to have a wish for; desire
    she fancied some chocolate
  20. 20. vt. [Brit] [informal] to be physically attracted to (another person)
  21. 21. vt. to breed (animals) for particular characteristics
  22. 22. interj [Etymology] C15 fantsy, shortened from fantasie; see fantasy
See more results for fancy in the Chinese-English Dictionary

Examples

a fancy dresser
(化装舞会上)穿舞蹈服的人 → dresser
the evolutions of a fancy skater
花样滑冰者的一系列动作造型 → evolution
fact as distinct from fancy
真实有别于想象 → fact
to take a fancy to someone
喜爱某人 → fancy
a fancy price
高昂价格，高价 → fancy
a fancy necktie
花哨的领带 → fancy
fancy diving
(花式)跳水运动 → fancy
Canned goods graded fancy.
属于特级食品的罐头。 → fancy
They are, I fancy, still friends.
我猜想，他们仍是朋友。 → fancy
a flight of fancy
奇想，异想天开 → flight
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