whim
whim 英 [wɪm] 美 [hwɪm, wɪm]
n. 奇想；一时的兴致；怪念头；幻想
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- A whim is an odd or fanciful idea, something kooky you suddenly decide to do, like dress up like a chicken or drive to Vegas.
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- n. 奇想；一时的兴致；怪念头；幻想
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1. On arrival, she buys a glass factory on a whim, and challenges him to transport a church built entirely of glass by boat from Sydney 250 miles up the coast.
到达目的地后，她突发奇想买了一个玻璃厂，并向他挑战，让他用船沿着 250 英里长的海岸线从悉尼运来建造一整座玻璃教堂。
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2. An idle whim, I fear, sir,' was my answer; `or else an idle whim is going to spirit me away.
“恐怕是一种无聊的奇想，先生，”这是我的回答，“不然就是一种无聊的奇想又要诱使我走开。
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3. In these days of my leisure, it was perhaps the mere whim to collect them which had come upon me.
在我悠闲的那些日子，也许是因为一时的兴致，我要把产生在我心里的幻想收集起来。
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