名詞 whimsy:

1. an odd or fanciful or capricious idea
   同義詞：notion, whim, whimsey
2. the trait of acting unpredictably and more from whim or caprice than from reason or judgment
   同義詞：flightiness, arbitrariness, whimsicality, whimsey, capriciousness

1. Swiss artist who combined his expert use of line and color and his theories of abstract art to produce works of whimsy and innocence.
   克勒，保羅1879－1940瑞士畫(huà)家。他把對(duì)線系和色彩的熟練運(yùn)用和其關(guān)于抽象藝術(shù)的理論結(jié)合起來(lái)創(chuàng)造出了古怪而單純的作品
2. `Why did you do it?' `I don't know, pure whimsy.'
   ｀你怎樣做出這種事來(lái)?＇｀我也不知道，純粹是鬧著玩兒.＇
3. His speech was full of whimsy.
   他妙語(yǔ)如珠。

whimsy 也作 whim.sey

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 whim.sies 也作 whim.seys
An odd or fanciful idea; a whim.See Synonyms at caprice
古怪或離奇的念頭，異想天開(kāi)參見(jiàn) caprice
A quaint or fanciful quality:
奇特或充滿幻想的奇異的品性：
例句：
stories full of whimsy.
充滿離奇古怪情節(jié)的故事

來(lái)源：
Probably from whim-wham [fanciful object]
可能源自 whim-wham [離奇古怪的物體]