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chimerical

/ki-mer-i-kuhl, -meer-, kahy-/US // kɪˈmɛr ɪ kəl, -ˈmɪər-, kaɪ- //UK // (kaɪˈmɛrɪkəl, kɪ-) //

嵌合,嵌合体,嵌合型,嵌合的

Related Words

absurd荒谬的,荒唐,荒唐的,荒诞不经delusive妄想,妄想的,幻觉,妄图fanciful梦幻般的,梦幻般,奇特的,遐想fantastic梦幻般的,奇异的,奇妙的,奇异imaginary虚构的,虚构,想象的,虚幻的mythical神话般的,神话般地,神话般,神话般的unfounded无根据的,毫无根据的,没有根据的,无依据的unreal虚幻的,虚幻,虚无缥缈,不真实的utopian乌托邦,乌托邦式的,乌托邦式,乌托邦的visionary有远见的人,愿景者,有远见者,远见卓识wild野生,野性,野外,野生的fictional虚构的,虚构,虚构事实,虚假的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : unreal; imaginary; visionary: a chimerical terrestrial paradise.
    • : wildly fanciful; highly unrealistic: a chimerical plan.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.fabulous
Synonyms
absurd荒谬的,荒唐,荒唐的,荒诞不经delusive妄想,妄想的,幻觉,妄图fanciful梦幻般的,梦幻般,奇特的,遐想fantastic梦幻般的,奇异的,奇妙的,奇异fictional虚构的,虚构,虚构事实,虚假的imaginary虚构的,虚构,想象的,虚幻的mythical神话般的,神话般地,神话般,神话般的unfounded无根据的,毫无根据的,没有根据的,无依据的unreal虚幻的,虚幻,虚无缥缈,不真实的utopian乌托邦,乌托邦式的,乌托邦式,乌托邦的visionary有远见的人,愿景者,有远见者,远见卓识wild野生,野性,野外,野生的

Examples

  • What is called magic is not a vain and chimerical art, as the Stoics and Epicureans pretend.

  • There is, at least, no country in Europe in which servility has not invented and vanity received genealogies yet more chimerical.

  • The idea originally entertained of turning part of the Vailima estate into a profitable plantation turned out chimerical.

  • I would not barter one hour of such thoughts—chimerical though they may be—for ten years of this vapid, surface life.

  • A false religion must necessarily bestow upon those who practise it only a false, chimerical, and transient utility.

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