whim
音标发音
- 英式音标 [wɪm]
- 美式音标 [hwɪm, wɪm]
- 国际音标 [hwim]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n.一时的兴致
- vi.心血来潮地向往
词根记忆
- 不要在意him(他)whim(一时的兴致)→一时的兴致
- 是whim-wham的简写，表示多变(从whim跳到wham)
同根派生
- n性质的同根词
- whimsy：怪念头；反复无常。
- whimsey：奇想；怪念头。
英汉例句
- We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco.
我们多少有点心血来潮，决定航海去摩洛哥。 - Lately, the president has been sacking and picking new ministers at whim.
最近，总统一时兴起频频解雇旧部长，选任新部长。 - Dozens of servants had catered to his every whim.
几十个仆人迎合他所有稀奇古怪的念头。 - He was forced to pander to her every whim .
她每次心血来潮他都不得不依随她。 - Every whim will be gratified.
每一个突发的念头都会得到满足。
词组短语
- Whim Notion 怪念头
- strange whim 怪念头
- Mind Whim 头脑里突发奇想
- Dad Whim 爸爸心血来潮
- I Whim 我突发奇想
短语
英英字典
- a sudden wish or idea, especially one that cannot be reasonably explained
- A whim is a wish to do or have something that seems to have no serious reason or purpose behind it, and often occurs suddenly.
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专业释义
- 绞盘
- 绞绳滚筒
- 绞盘