| 单词 | flight of fancy |
| 释义 | flight of fancyanideathatshowsa lot ofimaginationbut is notpractical: 异想天开；想入非非He wastalkingaboutcyclingacrossthe US or was that just anotherflightoffancy?他正在谈论骑自行车横穿美国，这又是一次异想天开吗？ Unreal things and unreality
Examplesofflight of fancyflight of fancy Linguistic fact or lexicographer'sflightoffancy, the etymology is ingenious enough at least to merit consideration. From theCambridge English Corpus That was not aflightoffancy: it was the fact. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is not aflightoffancyon my part. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that is aflightoffancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that that is aflightoffancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it is aflightoffancyto suggest that there are many millionaires owning these down-at-heel houses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then he will realise that thatflightoffancywas not worthy of even the rest of his argument. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I doubt whether we need spend much time on that weirdflightoffancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not think that this line of thought is aflightoffancyor even just a possibility. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are all of us sorry for both, but to put them in the same category seems rather aflightoffancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not a short-termflightoffancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thatflightoffancyhas now become a reality. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 This is noflightoffancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Perhaps that is aflightoffancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It was not aflightoffancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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