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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   fancy

   • IPA[ˈfansē]

   美式

   • adj.
     elaborate in structure or decoration；sophisticated or expensive in a way that is intended to impress
   • v.
     feel a desire or liking for；find sexually attractive
   • n.
     a feeling of liking or attraction, typically one that is superficial or transient；the faculty of imagination

   • verb: fancy, 3rd person present: fancies, gerund or present participle: fancying, past tense: fancied, past participle: fancied

   • noun: fancy, plural noun: fancies

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. elaborate in structure or decoration the furniture was very fancy a fancy computerized system
   • ▪ sophisticated or expensive in a way that is intended to impress fancy hotels and restaurants
   • ▪ North American (especially of foodstuffs) of high quality fancy molasses
   • ▪ (of a flower) of two or more colors all pelargoniums, from scented-leaf species to fancy hybrids, thrive in hot sunshine
   • ▪ (of an animal) bred to develop particular points of appearance fancy goldfish
   • 2. archaic (of a drawing, painting, or sculpture) created from the imagination rather than from life I used to take a seat and busy myself in sketching fancy vignettes

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. feel a desire or liking for do you fancy a drink? 同義詞 wish for, want, desire, long for, yearn for, ... 更多crave, have a yearning/craving for, hanker after, hunger for, thirst for, sigh for, pine for, dream of, covet, informalhave a yen for, itch for, archaicbe desirous of, raredesiderate
   • ▪ British informal find sexually attractive I really fancy him 同義詞 be attracted to, find attractive, be captivated by, be infatuated with, be taken with, ... 更多desire, lust after, burn for, informalhave taken a shine to, have a crush on, have the hots for, be wild/mad/crazy about, have a thing about, have a pash on, have a soft spot for, be soft on, have eyes for, carry a torch for, go for, lech after/over
   • ▪ British informal have an unduly high opinion of oneself, or of one's ability in a particular area two lads behind the counter who fancy themselves
   • 2. British regard (a horse, team, or player) as a likely winner I fancy him to win the tournament
   • 3. imagine; think he fancied he could smell the perfume of roses he fancied himself as an amateur psychologist 同義詞 think, imagine, guess, believe, have an idea, ... 更多suppose, gather, surmise, suspect, conjecture, be of the opinion, be of the view, be under the impression, think it likely/conceivable, informalreckon
   • ▪ British used to express surprise at something fancy meeting all those television actors!

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a feeling of liking or attraction, typically one that is superficial or transient this does not mean that the law should change with every passing fancy 同義詞 desire, urge, wish, want, inclination, ... 更多bent, whim, impulse, caprice, notion, whimsy, eccentricity, peculiarity, quirk, kink, preference, fondness, liking, partiality, predilection, predisposition, taste, relish, love, humor, penchant, yearning, longing, hankering, craving, pining, ache, hunger, thirst, need, informalyen, itch
   • 2. the faculty of imagination my research assistant is prone to flights of fancy 同義詞 imagination, imaginative faculty/power, creativity, creative faculty/power, conception, ... 更多fancifulness, inventiveness, invention, originality, ingenuity, cleverness, wit, artistry, images, mental images, visualizations反義詞 intellect
   • ▪ a thing that one supposes or imagines, typically an unfounded or tentative belief or idea; notion or whim scientific fads and fancies 同義詞 idea, notion, thought, supposition, opinion, ... 更多belief, impression, image, understanding, conceptualization, feeling, suspicion, sneaking suspicion, hunch, inkling, intimation, illusion, fantasy, dream
   • 3. (in 16th and 17th century music) a composition for keyboard or strings in free or variation form.

   片語

   • as the fancy takes one
   • strike someone's fancy
   • take someone's fancy
   • take a fancy to