fancy
花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的
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fan·ci·er, fan·ci·est.
- : ornamental; decorative; not plain: a cake with a fancy icing.
- : tending or intending to impress: a fancy degree in geophysics;fancy four-syllable words.
- : complicated or difficult to perform or execute: a couple doing some fancy footwork on the dance floor.
- : depending on imagination or caprice; whimsical; irregular: a fancy conception of time.
- : made, designed, grown, adapted, etc., to please the taste or fancy; of superfine quality or exceptional appeal: fancy goods; fancy fruits.
- : bred to develop points of beauty or excellence, as an animal.
- : much too costly; exorbitant or extravagant: a consultant who charges fancy fees.
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plural fan·cies.
- : imagination or fantasy, especially as exercised in a capricious manner.
- : the artistic ability of creating unreal or whimsical imagery, decorative detail, etc., as in poetry or drawing.
- : a mental image or conception: He had happy fancies of being a famous actor.
- : an idea or opinion with little foundation; illusion: Her belief that she can sing is a mere fancy.
- : a caprice; whim; vagary: It was his fancy to fly to Paris occasionally for dinner.
- : capricious preference; inclination; a liking: to take a fancy to walking barefoot in the streets.
- : critical judgment; taste.
- : the breeding of animals to develop points of beauty or excellence.
- : the fancy, Archaic. people deeply interested in a sport, art, etc.
- : Obsolete. sexual love.
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fan·cied, fan·cy·ing.
- : to form a conception of; picture to oneself: Fancy living with that egotist all your life!
- : to believe without being absolutely sure or certain: I fancy you are my new neighbor.
- : to take a liking to; like: I really fancy the spotted one in that litter.
- : to want or desire: I fancy another piece of cake.
- : to breed to develop a special type of animal.
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- : Also fancy that .: They invited you, too? Fancy!
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- : fancy up, to make superficially showy by way of improvement: an old car fancied up with a bright new paint job.
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Examples
We want to have the fancy, nice things but often discover that having the fancy, nice things usually means someone has to pay.
To make a deepfake, you don’t need a fancy computer or even a ton of knowledge about software.
It covers the review of all documents first by the lender, then separately by the borrower’s “settlement agent,” a fancy term for his or her lawyer.
Figuring this all out takes some fancy math, but it’s something an electronic calculator can easily manage.
Portable bathroom options, which range from simple bag setups for fast and light backpacking to fancy full-flush contraptions for long-term campground stays, can help.
The Plaza Hotel cooked a fancy-pants latke with red wine braised oxtail, horseradish sunchoke cream, and crispy kale.
They're also proof that no matter how fancy you are, you can't escape the urge to watch two girls make out.
To get the product from manufacturer to arm, the product is lyophilized (a fancy word for freeze dried).
This fancy spice pack pairs with four different spirits—vodka, tequila, aquavit, and gin—to ensure the perfect morning pick-me-up.
I fancy Holmes would have destroyed those theories with nothing more than his intuition.
A fancy came into my head that I would entertain the king and queen with an English tune upon this instrument.
She fancied there was a sympathy of thought and taste between them, in which fancy she was mistaken.
One time my fancy soared on high, to see what discoveries I could make in those clearer regions.
Fancy that enormous shell dropping suddenly out of the blue on to a ship's deck swarming with troops!
In the old days every great man kept a toad-eater; sometimes his functions were highly paid—Wolff's are, I fancy.