fantastic
/fænˈtæstɪk/adjective
1
- imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality想像出来的, 怪诞的; 不现实的, 异想天开的：
novels are capable of mixing fantastic and realistic elements.
小说可以把不现实的和现实的成分掺杂在一起。
1.1
- of an incredible size or degree大得（或多得）难以置信的; 惊人的：
the prices were fantastic, far higher than elsewhere.
价格之高难以置信, 比别的地方高得多。
1.2
- (of a shape or design) bizarre or exotic; seeming more appropriate to a fairy tale than to reality or practical use（形状或图案）奇形怪状的, 奇怪的; 荒诞的：
visions of a fantastic, maze-like building.
对一座奇形怪状的、迷宫般的建筑的种种构想。
2
- informal incredibly or extraordinarily good or attractive〈非正式〉了不起的, 绝妙的, 极好的：
your support has been fantastic.
你的支持简直好极了。
派生词
fantastical
adjective （限义项1）fantasticality
noun （限义项1）fantastically
adverb词源
late Middle English （in the sense 'existing only in the imagination, unreal'）： from Old French fantastique, via medieval Latin from Greek phantastikos, from phantazein 'make visible', phantazesthai 'have visions, imagine', from phantos 'visible' （related to phainein 'to show'）. From the 16th to the 19th cents the Latinized spelling phantastic was also used.