fancy Значение & определение

Значение на fancy на български

• 0 to want to have or do something:

  • Do you fancy a drink this evening?

  • [ + -ing verb ] I didn't fancy swimming in that water.

  • He could tell she fancied him.

  • That Dave really fancies himself, doesn't he?

• 1 to imagine or think that something is so:

  • He fancies himself as a bit of a singer.

  • [ + to infinitive ] Who do you fancy to win the Cup this year?

  • [ + (that) ] literary I fancied (that) I saw something moving in the corner.

  • old-fashioned This isn't the first time this has happened, I fancy.

  • Fancy seeing you here!

  • "They have eight children." "Fancy that (= how surprising)!"

• 2 decorative or complicated:

  • I wanted a simple black dress, nothing fancy.

  • The decorations were a little too fancy for my tastes.

  • fancy cakes

• 3 expensive:

  • We stayed in a fancy hotel near the Champs-Élysées.

  • a fancy restaurant

• 4 something that you like very much for a short period:

  • But for me, parachuting was no passing fancy.

  • Laura's taken a fancy to Japanese food.

  • I looked in a lot of clothes shops but nothing really tickled my fancy.

  • She has enough money to buy anything that strikes her fancy.

• 5 the imagination

• 6 decorative or complicated, or (of restaurants, stores, or hotels) expensive:

  • I wanted a simple black dress, nothing fancy.

  • a fancy hotel

• 7 something that you like very much:

  • What's your fancy?

• 8 to imagine or think that something is so:

  • When she was young she fancied herself a rebel.

• 9 to like or wish for:

  • There are two things he fancies – fast cars and thunderous music.