fantasy
英 ['fæntəsɪ; -zɪ]
美 ['fæntəsi]
- n. 幻想；白日夢；幻覺
- adj. 虛幻的
- vt. 空想；想像
- vi. 耽於幻想；奏幻想曲（等於phantasy）
助記提示
1、fant- + -asy.
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。
中文詞源
fantasy 幻想來自PIE*bha, 發光，照耀，詞源同beacon, phantasm. 引申義白日做夢，幻想。
英文詞源
- fantasy
- fantasy: see fancy
- fantasy (n.)
- early 14c., "illusory appearance," from Old French fantaisie, phantasie "vision, imagination" (14c.), from Latin phantasia, from Greek phantasia "power of imagination; appearance, image, perception," from phantazesthai "picture to oneself," from phantos "visible," from phainesthai "appear," in late Greek "to imagine, have visions," related to phaos, phos "light," phainein "to show, to bring to light" (see phantasm). Sense of "whimsical notion, illusion" is pre-1400, followed by that of "fantastic imagination," which is first attested 1530s. Sense of "day-dream based on desires" is from 1926. In early use in English also fantasie, phantasy, etc. As the name of a fiction genre, from 1949.
雙語例句
- 1. The film starts off realistically and then develops into a ridiculous fantasy.
- 電影以寫實開頭，然後卻發展成為荒誕的幻想。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She clings to a romantic fantasy of wedded bliss.
- 她沉醉於婚後幸福的浪漫幻想。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. She invents fantasy lives for her own vicarious pleasure.
- 她幻想過著各種奇妙的生活，從想入非非中獲得樂趣。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Falling in love the first time is all froth and fantasy.
- 初戀完全是一場虛幻的美夢。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Children use fantasy to explore worrying aspects of real life.
- 孩子們用幻想來探索實際生活中令人不安的各種事情。
來自柯林斯例句