| 单词 | fancier |
| 释义 | fancier (once / 8528 pages) n Someone crazy about something can be called a fancier. If you join a club to promote the well-being of pheasants, someone might describe you as "a pheasant fancier." That just means you like pheasants a lot. The word fancier can refer to someone who fancies (or really likes) something — such as dogs or wine or chocolate. It can also be used to describe someone who breeds a particular animal, with the intent of improving the breed. Make sure you don’t confuse this word with the adjective fancy, which has a comparative form that is also spelled “fancier.” That fancier would be used in the sense of “more ornamental” or “more extravagant” — as in "My prom dress is fancier than yours." WORD FAMILYfancier: fanciers+/fancied: fanciedly/fanciful: fancifully/fancy: fancied, fancier, fancies, fanciest, fanciful, fancily, fancying USAGE EXAMPLESAs the East Village continues to get fancier, demand for scruffy Irish pubs inevitably drops in favor of more polished ones. New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) Glue ribbon to the rim of the lid if you want a fancier snow globe. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) So the idea was that he tries to transform into a fancier alter ego, Toni Erdmann, in order to become closer to her. Los Angeles Times(Nov 17, 2016) n a person having a strong liking for something Syn|Hypo|Hyper enthusiast animal fancier a person who breeds animals bird fanciera person with a strong interest in birds maniaca person who has an obsession with or excessive enthusiasm for something technophilea person who is enthusiastic about new technology cat fanciera person who breeds and cares for cats horse fancier, horsemana person who breeds and cares for horses admirer, adorer someone who admires a young woman |
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