英语词汇“whim”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

whim

/wɪm

noun

1A sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained: she bought it on a whim [mass noun]: he appeared and disappeared at whim...

Apparently on a whim, Wonka suddenly decides to reopen his doors to five children.
She did it on a whim when the opportunity presented itself, and she died four days later.
He opened the door on a whim, expecting nothing, but instead, he was faced with four sets of eyes.

Synonyms

impulse, urge, notion, fancy, whimsy, foible, idea, caprice, conceit, vagary, kink, megrim, crotchet, craze, fad, passion, inclination, bent

archaic freak, maggot, humour, whim-wham

capriciousness, whimsy, caprice, volatility, fickleness, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, unpredictability

2 archaic A windlass for raising ore or water from a mine.Work was soon hampered by an inflow of large volumes of underground water in several shafts, keeping the whims occupied day and night.

Origin

Late 17th century: of unknown origin. sense 2 (mid 18th century) is a transferred use.

单词	whim
释义	whim /wɪm / noun 1A sudden desire or change of mind, especially one that is unusual or unexplained: she bought it on a whim [mass noun]: he appeared and disappeared at whim... Apparently on a whim, Wonka suddenly decides to reopen his doors to five children. She did it on a whim when the opportunity presented itself, and she died four days later. He opened the door on a whim, expecting nothing, but instead, he was faced with four sets of eyes. Synonyms impulse, urge, notion, fancy, whimsy, foible, idea, caprice, conceit, vagary, kink, megrim, crotchet, craze, fad, passion, inclination, bent archaic freak, maggot, humour, whim-wham capriciousness, whimsy, caprice, volatility, fickleness, idiosyncrasy, eccentricity, unpredictability 2 archaic A windlass for raising ore or water from a mine.Work was soon hampered by an inflow of large volumes of underground water in several shafts, keeping the whims occupied day and night. Origin Late 17th century: of unknown origin. sense 2 (mid 18th century) is a transferred use. Rhymes bedim, brim, crim, dim, glim, grim, Grimm, gym, him, hymn, Jim, Kim, limb, limn, nim, prim, scrim, shim, Sim, skim, slim, swim, Tim, trim, vim
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