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fancyverb(LIKE)B1[T]UKtowantto have or do something: 想要；想做 Do you fancy adrinkthisevening?你今晚想喝一杯吗？ [+ -ing verb]I didn't fancy swimmingin thatwater.我不想在那水里游泳。 B2[T]UKinformalto besexuallyattractedto someone: 爱慕，喜欢 He couldtellshe fancied him.他看得出她喜欢他。 fancyyourselfUKdisapproving tothinkyou are veryattractiveorimportant: 自认为是；自命不凡That Dave really fancies himself, doesn't he?那个戴夫挺自命不凡的，是吧？ You couldtellby the way theystruttedaround how much they fancied themselves. Look at thisphotofromourteens. We really fancied ourselves, didn't we? At thattime, he wasdatingagirlwho really fancied herself. Chrissie'shusbandreally fancies himself, doesn't he? - Do you fancy coming on adaytripto Bath nextSaturday?
- Do you fancy going out for amealafterwork?
- What shall we do foodwise - do you fancy going out toeat?
- Ithoughthe fancied me, but I'dcompletelymisreadthesignals.
- Sheknewhe fancied her, butpreferredtokeeptheirrelationshipplatonic.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesWanting things - ache forsomething
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- angle
- angle forsomething
- burn
- desperate
- hanker after/forsomething
- haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
- hunger
- hunger after/forsomething
- pine
- setyourheart onsomething/doing somethingidiom
- setyoursights onsomethingidiom
- shook
- sight
- someone'sheart's desireidiom
- straw
- super-ambitious
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Showing arrogance and conceit fancyverb(IMAGINE)[IorT]UKtoimagineorthinkthat something is so: 想象；认为 He fancies himselfasabitof asinger.他认为自己多少是个歌手。 [+ to infinitive]Who do you fancytowinthe Cup thisyear?你认为今年谁会赢得杯赛？ [+ (that)]literaryI fancied(that)Isawsomethingmovingin thecorner.我觉得看见角落里有东西在动。 old-fashionedThis isn't the firsttimethis hashappened, I fancy.我想，这不是第一次发生这种事了。 fancy!C2old-fashioned anexpressionofsurprise: （表示惊讶）真想不到！Fancyseeingyou here!没想到在这里遇见你！ "They have eightchildren." "Fancythat(= howsurprising)!"“他们有8个孩子。”“真想不到啊！” SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesImagining and conceiving - assume
- beyondyourwildest dreamsidiom
- blue-sky
- conceivable
- conceivably
- guess
- imagine
- imputesomethingtosomeone
- inyourmind's eyeidiom
- inconceivably
- lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
- look on/uponsomeone/somethingassomething
- reach
- regard
- retheorize
- revisualization
- riot
- run riotidiom
- theorize
- throw
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: fancyadjective(DECORATIVE)decorativeorcomplicated: 装饰的；花哨的；繁复的Iwantedasimpleblackdress, nothing fancy.我想要一件简洁的黑色礼服，不要花哨的东西。 Thedecorationswere a little too fancy for mytastes.这种装饰风格过于繁复，不合我的喜好。 fancycakes花式蛋糕 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesComplexity - advanced
- all-singing
- baroque
- be more tosomethingthan meets the eyeidiom
- bleeding-edge
- finicky
- high-tech
- indirectly
- insolubility
- intractability
- multifarious
- onerousness
- ornate
- ornately
- over-elaborate
- tortuous
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- ultra-sophisticated
- wheels within wheelsidiom
See more results » fancyadjective(EXPENSIVE)informalexpensive: 昂贵的；豪华的 Westayedin a fancyhotelnear the Champs-Élysées.我们住在香榭丽舍大街附近一家豪华的酒店里。 a fancyrestaurant豪华餐厅 Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplescosting a lot of money - expensiveHe thinks he's special with his expensive suits and fancy shoes.
- dearUKI find the veg too dear in that supermarket.
- costlyThey made several costly mistakes, including spending $60 million on shoddy machinery.
- priceyThe restaurants in town are a bit pricey.
- exclusiveThey have an apartment in an exclusive part of town.
See more results » SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesExpensive & luxurious - champagne
- costliness
- delicacy
- expense
- expensively
- gold plate
- graciousness
- luxury goods
- no expense is sparedidiom
- opulent
- precious
- premium-rate
- prestige
- priceless
- sumptuously
- super-deluxe
- super-expensive
- swish
- upmarket
- valuable
See more results » fancynoun(THING/PERSON YOU LIKE)passing fancy something that you like very much for ashortperiod: 一时的兴趣（或爱好）But for me,parachutingwas nopassingfancy.但是对我来说，跳伞可不是一时的兴趣。 take a fancy tosomething/someone tostartlikingsomething or someone very much: 喜欢上，爱上Laura's taken a fancy toJapanesefood.劳拉喜欢上了日本料理。 take/tickleyourfancyinformal(alsoUSstrike your fancy) If somethingtakes/ticklesyourfancy, you like it andwantto have or do it: 吸引…，中…的意Ilookedin a lot ofclothesshopsbut nothing reallytickledmy fancy.我逛了很多服装店，但没什么衣服让我中意。 fancynoun(IMAGINATION)[U]literarytheimagination 想象（力） SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesImagining and conceiving - assume
- beyondyourwildest dreamsidiom
- blue-sky
- conceivable
- conceivably
- guess
- imagine
- imputesomethingtosomeone
- inyourmind's eyeidiom
- inconceivably
- lay the foundation(s) of/foridiom
- look on/uponsomeone/somethingassomething
- reach
- regard
- retheorize
- revisualization
- riot
- run riotidiom
- theorize
- throw
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Ideas, concepts and theories fancyverb(LIKE)B1[T]UKtowantto have or do something 想要；想做Do you fancy adrinkthisevening?你今晚想喝一杯吗？ [+ -ing verb]I didn't fancy swimmingin thatwater.我不想在那水里游泳。 B2[T]UKinformalto besexuallyattractedto someone 爱慕，喜欢He couldtellshe fancied him.他看得出她喜欢他。 fancyyourselfUKdisapproving tothinkyou are veryattractiveorimportant 自认为是；自命不凡That Dave really fancies himself, doesn't he?那个戴夫挺自命不凡的，是吧？ - Do you fancy coming on adaytripto Bath nextSaturday?
- Do you fancy going out for amealafterwork?
- What shall we do foodwise - do you fancy going out toeat?
- Ithoughthe fancied me, but I'dcompletelymisreadthesignals.
- Sheknewhe fancied her, butpreferredtokeeptheirrelationshipplatonic.
fancyverb(IMAGINE)[IorT]UKtoimagineorthinkthat something is so 想象；认为He fancies himselfasabitof asinger.他认为自己多少是个歌手。 [+ to infinitive]Who do you fancytowinthe Cup thisyear?你认为今年谁会赢得杯赛？ [+ (that)]literaryI fancied(that)Isawsomethingmovingin thecorner.我觉得看见角落里有东西在动。 old-fashionedThis isn't the firsttimethis hashappened, I fancy.我想，这不是第一次发生这种事了。 fancy!C2old-fashioned （表示惊讶）真想不到！Fancyseeingyou here!没想到在这里遇见你！ "They have eightchildren." "Fancythat(= howsurprising)!"“他们有8个孩子。”“真想不到啊！” fancyadjective(DECORATIVE)装饰的；花哨的；繁复的Iwantedasimpleblackdress, nothing fancy.我想要一件简洁的黑色礼服，不要花哨的东西。 Thedecorationswere a little too fancy for mytastes.这种装饰风格过于繁复，不合我的喜好。 fancycakes花式蛋糕 fancyadjective(EXPENSIVE)昂贵的；豪华的Westayedin a fancyhotelnear the Champs-Élysées.我们住在香榭丽舍大街附近一家豪华的酒店里。 a fancyrestaurant豪华餐厅 fancynoun(THING/PERSON YOU LIKE)passing fancy something that you like very much for ashortperiod 一时的兴趣（或爱好）But for me,parachutingwas nopassingfancy.但是对我来说，跳伞可不是一时的兴趣。 take a fancy tosth/sb tostartlikingsomething or someone very much 喜欢上，爱上Laura's taken a fancy toJapanesefood.劳拉喜欢上了日本料理。 take/tickleyourfancyinformal(USstrike your fancy) If somethingtakes/ticklesyourfancy, you like it andwantto have or do it. 吸引…，中…的意Ilookedin a lot ofclothesshopsbut nothing reallytickledmy fancy.我逛了很多服装店，但没什么衣服让我中意。 She has enoughmoneytobuyanything thatstrikesher fancy.她有足够的钱想买什么就买什么。 fancynoun(IMAGINATION)[U]literarytheimagination fancy| American Dictionaryfancyadjective[-er/-est only](DECORATIVE)decorativeorcomplicated, or (ofrestaurants,stores, orhotels)expensive: Iwantedasimpleblackdress, nothing fancy. a fancyhotel something that you like very much: fancyverb[T](IMAGINE)toimagineorthinkthat something is so: When she wasyoungshe fancied herself arebel. fancyverb[T](LIKE)There are two things he fancies –fastcarsandthunderousmusic. Examplesoffancyfancy Afancyprocedure and pretty pictures are not needed, critics will add, to know that brain activity differs between the two groups.From theCambridge English Corpus Some of them, by the accidents of his reading, loomed out in hisfancydisproportionately large by comparison with the rest.From theCambridge English Corpus We must remember that masque performances were great occasions, replete with distractions - royalty, nobility,fancydress, beautiful women, glorious jewellery.From theCambridge English Corpus The most obvious characteristic of mainpiece opera up to 1695 isfancystaging.From theCambridge English Corpus Is a man in uniform a policeman or a guest at afancydress party?From theCambridge English Corpus The constraint is that the binary tree should be atiguously marked, afancyname for a non-contiguous marking.From theCambridge English Corpus Afancyterm, it means nothing more at this point than the pervasive concept of the human person.From theCambridge English Corpus Imaginativefancyor indirect knowledge was rarely enough.From theCambridge English Corpus The films were superficial and huge sums of money were spent onfancymechanisms, like animatronics.From theCambridge English Corpus Muddling through this century, however, we find that the 'conservation ethic' has often been eclipsed by a predilection forfancy'conservation tools'.From theCambridge English Corpus The old woman would not listen to suchfancystuff.From theCambridge English Corpus We mayfancyan exotic past that contrasts with a humdrum or unhappy present, but we forge it with modern tools.From theCambridge English Corpus Rethinking a classic doesn't mean gussying it up withfancyfolderol and extraneous trimming so that it no longer bears any resemblance to the original.From theCambridge English Corpus Such analyses were dangerously susceptible of countenancing individualfancy, undermining a national church.From theCambridge English Corpus For him, the landscape was not afancyto be admired and 'observed'.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |