whimsy

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++whim·sy /ˈwɪmzi/ noun  [uncountable]STRANGEUNUSUAL a way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that is unusual, strange, and often amusing 古怪〔而往往好笑的〕想法；古怪[荒诞]行径 a sense of fancy and whimsy 稀奇古怪的想象力

Examples from the Corpus

whimsy• Karla Hour's designs combine style and whimsy.• It contained enough witty lines to keep the creeping whimsy, indicated in the title, at bay.• Thus Wish veers dizzily from gleeful whimsy to cosmic angst; from unconfident extroversion to manic introspection.• A touch of whimsy, fantasy or fun.• None of the new stations conveyed the confident self-assurance or whimsy of their distinguished predecessors.• The earlier and well-known technique of framing up a loose panel appears to have been sacrificed to the whimsy of fashion.• His smile broadened and his eyes twinkled with whimsy.Origin whimsy (1600-1700) whim-wham; → WHIM

whim·sy nounChineseSyllable  

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whimsy
whim‧sy /ˈwɪmzi/ noun [uncountable] a way of thinking, behaving, or doing something that is unusual, strange, and often amusing:
    a sense of fancy and whimsy

whimsyBrE /ˈwɪmzi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɪmzi/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] a way of thinking or behaving, or a style of doing sth that is unusual and not serious, in a way that is either amusing or annoying 怪念头；古怪可笑的举动；吊儿郎当；随心所欲