whim

whim /wim/
  • danh từ ((cũng) whimsy)
    • ý chợt ny ra; ý thích chợt ny ra
    • (kỹ thuật) máy trục quặng; máy tời

Xem thêm: caprice, impulse, notion, whimsy, whimsey



whim

Từ điển Collocation

whim noun

ADJ. sudden | slightest The bird's nest is vulnerable to the slightest whim of the weather. | individual, personal | political Funding is subject to political whim.

VERB + WHIM indulge, pander to, satisfy | be subject to, be vulnerable to, depend on | suffer For years she had suffered her husband's whims.

PREP. at (sb's) ~ They seem to be able to change the rules of the game at whim. Slaves could be bought and sold at the whim of their masters. | on a ~ He bought the jacket on a whim, having seen it by chance in a shop window.

PHRASES your every whim The child's parents pandered to his every whim.


Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a sudden desire; caprice, impulse

    he bought it on an impulse

  • an odd or fanciful or capricious idea; notion, whimsy, whimsey

    the theatrical notion of disguise is associated with disaster in his stories

    he had a whimsy about flying to the moon

    whimsy can be humorous to someone with time to enjoy it


English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

whims
syn.: caprice fad fancy notion phase