fantastic
英 [fæn'tæstɪk]
美 [fæn'tæstɪk]
- adj. 奇異的；空想的；異想天開的；古怪的；極好的，極出色的；不可思議的；不切實際的
- n. 古怪的人
助記提示
1、fant- + -ast + -ic.
2、其實也就是看得見摸不著的東西，也就是很虛幻、很夢幻的東西。
3、其詞根的原始含義為：visible, appear. => only image or picture, picture to oneself, imagine.
4、由此，該詞的含義就很明確了：幻想，空想，狂想，白日夢；錯覺，幻覺；怪念頭，想入非非。
5、想象的、幻想的東西肯定是不現實的，但他肯定是完美的、理想的、很奇特的、很不可思議的。由此有了新的引申義。
中文詞源
fantastic 極好的來自fantasy, 幻想。即幻想中的，極美妙的。
英文詞源
- fantastic (adj.)
- late 14c., "existing only in imagination," from Middle French fantastique (14c.), from Medieval Latin fantasticus, from Late Latin phantasticus "imaginary," from Greek phantastikos "able to imagine," from phantazein "make visible" (middle voice phantazesthai "picture to oneself"); see phantasm. Trivial sense of "wonderful, marvelous" recorded by 1938. Old French had a different adjective form, fantasieus "weird; insane; make-believe." Medieval Latin also used fantasticus as a noun, "a lunatic," and Shakespeare and his contemporaries had it in Italian form fantastico "one who acts ridiculously."
雙語例句
- 1. I got a fantastic new job and my salary tripled.
- 我得到了一份非常好的新工作，薪水漲到了原來的3倍。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. "You're coming?" he said excitedly. "That's fantastic! That's incredible!"
- “你要來麽？”他激動地說，“那太好了！簡直難以置信！”
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. My mother, who had a sheltered upbringing, has fantastic memories of childhood.
- 我媽媽在嗬護下長大，對童年有著非常美好的回憶。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. There would be a fantastic welcome awaiting him back here.
- 為了迎接他回來，這裏將舉行一個熱烈的歡迎儀式。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. It suddenly clicked that this was fantastic fun.
- 我突然意識到，這真是太有趣了。
來自柯林斯例句