(v) fancy, See also:forget oneself, be half-sleep, be in a dreamy state, Example: แสงอร่ามยามเย็นเผลอไผลให้เด็กชายเคลิ้มฝันทำนองว่า เขาไม่มีพ่อเป็นคนขี้เมา, Thai Definition: ฝันทั้งๆ ที่ยังหลับไม่สนิท
[chøp] (v) EN: like ; be fond of ; admire ; be pleased ; enjoy ; fancyFR: aimer ; apprécier ; affectionner ; se plaire (à) ; se complaire (à) ; se délecter
[khloēm] (v) EN: forget oneself ; be absent-minded ; be a dreamy state ; fancy ; be in a transport ; be in a rapture ; be carried away ; be lost in thought ; be spellbound FR: être absorbé dans ses pensées ; se transporter (litt.) ; être dans la lune
[きのむくままに,
kinomukumamani] (adv) at one's fancy (whim); (P) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (5 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fancy \Fan"cy\, v. t.
1. To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to
imagine.
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He whom I fancy, but can ne'er express. --Dryden.
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2. To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with,
particularly on account of external appearance or manners.
"We fancy not the cardinal." --Shak.
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3. To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine
(something which is unreal).
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He fancied he was welcome, because those arounde him
were his kinsmen. --Thackeray.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fancy \Fan"cy\ (f[a^]n"s[y^]), n.; pl. {Fancies}. [Contr. fr.
fantasy, OF. fantasie, fantaisie, F. fantaisie, L. phantasia,
fr. Gr. ???????? appearance, imagination, the power of
perception and presentation in the mind, fr. ???????? to make
visible, to place before one's mind, fr. ??????? to show;
akin to ????, ???, light, Skr. bh[=a]to shine. Cf. {Fantasy},
{Fantasia}, {Epiphany}, {Phantom}.]
1. The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a
representation of anything perceived before; the power of
combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or
images; the power of readily and happily creating and
recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit,
or embellishment; imagination.
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In the soul
Are many lesser faculties, that serve
Reason as chief. Among these fancy next
Her office holds. --Milton.
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2. An image or representation of anything formed in the mind;
conception; thought; idea; conceit.
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How now, my lord ! why do you keep alone,
Of sorriest fancies your companoins making ? --Shak.
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3. An opinion or notion formed without much reflection;
caprice; whim; impression.
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I have always had a fancy that learning might be
made a play and recreation to children. --Locke.
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4. Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason;
as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of
inclination or liking.
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To fit your fancies to your father's will. --Shak.
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5. That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice
without much use or value.
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London pride is a pretty fancy for borders.
--Mortimer.
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6. A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. [Obs.]
--Shak.
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{The fancy}, all of a class who exhibit and cultivate any
peculiar taste or fancy; hence, especially, sporting
characters taken collectively, or any specific class of
them, as jockeys, gamblers, prize fighters, etc.
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At a great book sale in London, which had
congregated all the fancy. --De Quincey.
Syn: Imagination; conceit; taste; humor; inclination; whim;
liking. See {Imagination}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fancy \Fan"cy\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fancied}, p. pr. & vb. n.
{Fancying}.]
1. To figure to one's self; to believe or imagine something
without proof.
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If our search has reached no farther than simile and
metaphor, we rather fancy than know. --Locke.
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2. To love. [Obs.] --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Fancy \Fan"cy\, a.
1. Adapted to please the fancy or taste, especially when of
high quality or unusually appealing; ornamental; as, fancy
goods; fancy clothes.
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2. Extravagant; above real value.
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This anxiety never degenerated into a monomania,
like that which led his [Frederick the Great's]
father to pay fancy prices for giants. --Macaulay.
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{Fancy ball}, a ball in which porsons appear in fanciful
dresses in imitation of the costumes of different persons
and nations.
{Fancy fair}, a fair at which articles of fancy and ornament
are sold, generally for some charitable purpose.
{Fancy goods}, fabrics of various colors, patterns, etc., as
ribbons, silks, laces, etc., in distinction from those of
a simple or plain color or make.
{Fancy line} (Naut.), a line rove through a block at the jaws
of a gaff; -- used to haul it down.
{Fancy roller} (Carding Machine), a clothed cylinder (usually
having straight teeth) in front of the doffer.
{Fancy stocks}, a species of stocks which afford great
opportunity for stock gambling, since they have no
intrinsic value, and the fluctuations in their prices are
artificial.
{Fancy store}, one where articles of fancy and ornament are
sold.
{Fancy woods}, the more rare and expensive furniture woods,
as mahogany, satinwood, rosewood, etc.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fancy
adj 1: not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting";
"fancy clothes" [ant: {plain}]
n 1: something many people believe that is false; "they have the
illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: {illusion},
{fantasy}, {phantasy}, {fancy}]
2: a kind of imagination that was held by Coleridge to be more
casual and superficial than true imagination
3: a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for
whiskey" [syn: {fondness}, {fancy}, {partiality}]
v 1: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him
on horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a
risk in this strategy" [syn: {visualize}, {visualise},
{envision}, {project}, {fancy}, {see}, {figure}, {picture},
{image}]
2: have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She fancied
a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's window" [syn:
{fancy}, {go for}, {take to}]
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