fancy
['fænt.si] verb
LIKE 喜欢
IMPROVER transitive mainly UK
■to want to have or do something 想要；想做•Do you fancy a drink this evening?你今晚想喝一杯吗？ •[+ -ing verb] I didn't fancy swimming in that water.我不想在那水里游泳。 transitive mainly UK informal
■to be sexually attracted to someone 爱慕，喜欢•He could tell she fancied him.他看得出她喜欢他。 fancy yourself mainly UK disapproving
■to think you are very attractive or important 自以为是；自命不凡•That Dave really fancies himself, doesn't he?那个戴夫挺自命不凡的，是吧？
['fænt.si] verb
IMAGINE 想像
intransitive or transitive
■to imagine or think that something is so 想像；认为•[+ (that)] UK I fancied (that) I saw something moving in the corner.我想我看见角落里有东西在动。 •[R] He fancies himself as a bit of a singer.他认为自己多少是个歌手。 •[+ to infinitive] Who do you fancy to win the Cup this year?你认为今年谁会赢得杯赛？ •UK old-fashioned This isn't the first time this has happened, I fancy.我想，这不是第一次发生这种事了。 fancy! (also fancy that!) UK old-fashioned
■an expression of surprise （表示惊讶）真想不到！•"They have eight children." "Fancy that!“他们有八个孩子。”“真想不到啊！”
['fænt.si] verb
fancy sb's chances mainly UK
■to think that someone is likely to succeed 认为（某人）会成功•I don't fancy his chances of getting his novel published.我认为他的小说能够出版的希望不大。
['fænt.si] adjective
DECORATIVE 装饰的
■decorative or complicated 装饰的；花哨的；复杂的•I wanted a simple black dress, nothing fancy.我想要一件简洁的黑色礼服，不要花哨的东西。 •The decor was rather fancy for my tastes.这种装饰风格过于繁复，不合我的喜好。 •fancy cakes花式蛋糕
['fænt.si] adjective
EXPENSIVE 昂贵的 informal
■expensive 昂贵的；豪华的•We stayed in a fancy hotel near the Champs-Élysées.我们住在香榭丽舍大道附近一家豪华的饭店里。 •a fancy restaurant豪华餐厅
['fænt.si] noun
STH/SB YOU LIKE 你喜欢的事物／人
passing fancy
■something that you like very much for a short period 一时的兴趣（或爱好）•But for me, parachuting was no passing fancy.但是对我来说，跳伞可不是一时的兴趣。 take a fancy to sth/sb
■to start liking something or someone very much 喜欢上，爱上•Laura's taken a fancy to Japanese food.萝拉喜欢上日本料理。 take/tickle your fancy informal
■If something takes/tickles your fancy, you like it and want to have or do it 吸引（某人），中（某人的）意•I looked in a lot of clothes shops but nothing really tickled my fancy.我逛了很多服装店，但没甚么衣服让我中意。
['fænt.si] noun
IMAGINATION 想像力
uncountable literary
■the imagination 想像（力） See flight of fancy |