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14 ) : I think she fancies
me.
Ac iA A M Ac o 3 [VN] ~ yourself
(SrE, informal,
disapproving) to think that you are very popular, attractive or
intelligent i ft; g #7 R: He started to chat to me
and I could tell that he really fancied himself. 14 Al Ac W X , Ac #1# f±] 1tk fii
4 [VN-N] ~ yourself (as) sth (BrE)
to like the idea of being sth or to believe, often wrongly, that you are sth i
iAXH; ll ^pX: She fancies herself (as) a
serious actress. 5 Fancy! (BrE,
informal, becoming old-fashioned) used to show that you
are surprised or shocked by sth ( ^z41st ni^ltl^ ) % X PJ, g ^ : [V] Fancy! She’s never
been in a plane
before. MiIXI'll o[V-ingl Fancy
meeting you here! <> [VN] ‘She
remembered my name after all
those years. ’ ‘Fancy that!’
i/ ! ” 6 (BrE) [VN] to think that sb
will win or be
successful at sth, especially in
a race iAX ••
Which horse do you fancy in the next race? T ^
As # 4 #iA X W IS Jl ? o He’s
hoping to get the job but I
don’t fancy his chances, ilk# mmmifrXft, 7MA$iAX14lft*Jl£7Ao 7
[V
(that)] (literary) to believe or imagine sth iA A ; &$L:
She fancied (that) she could hear footsteps. l^nfr M 7
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noun (pi. -ies) 1 [C, U] something that you
imagine; your imagination $||lEft^:#J; W,M-
( tl ) EQ33 fantasy: night-time fancies that disappear in the
morning f£ -?■ ±
o a child’s wild flights
of fancy f£7$J #$IX ff 2 [sing.] a feeling
that you would like to have or to do sth $| f? ; £F PTiTCl whim : She said she wanted a dog
but it was only a passing fancy. Mi&ISic
3 [C, usually pi.] (BrE) a small decorated cake ITTITTI as/whenever,
etc. the fancy
‘takes you as/whenever,
etc. you feel like doing sth ^ ( & ft
take a ‘fancy to
sb/sth (especially
BrE)
to start liking sb/sth, often without an obvious reason H7A±, H±
( )
—more at tickle v.
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adj. (fan-cier,
fan-ci-est) 1 unusually complicated, often
in an unnecessary way;
intended to impress other people A &
"8 ift: a kitchen full of fancy
gadgets 0 They added a lot of
fancy footwork to the
dance. 141l'M3A^£f ESif ftl7i7^ §17? Eft H X o 0 He’s always using
fancy legal words. 14 &Ji1£|t##S&lft&#iifIi£o E22 simple 2 [only before noun] (especially of
small things A As 7#/14) with a lot of decorations or bright colours ffifcEft;
1$ Eft; ifW; Vc Eft: fancy goods (= things sold as
gifts or for decoration) jfXXfM ( )
—
compare plain 3
(sometimes disapproving) expensive or connected with an expensive
way of life ^ H Eft; # Eft: fancy restaurants with fancy prices
f41§cEp]!i Eftii: ffjfo
Don’t come back with any fancy ideas. j?ij
ffl 14 4 (NAmE) (of food t®)
of high quality it Jjj| #j;
.fancy ‘dress noun [u] (BrF) clothes that you wear,
especially at parties, to make you appear to be a different character 14^11; guests infancy dress #
SAt^lM^Ain
0 a fancy-dress party ft A — see also COSTUME, MASQUERADE
.fancy-1 free adj. free to do what you
like because you are not emotionally involved with anyone ;
ilM S ft Eft: I was still footloose
and fancy-free (= free to enjoy myself) in those days. ^ M‘AcA3^IIX;#Ji, 31 ilSMo
‘fancy man, ‘fancy woman noun (old-fashioned,
informal, disapproving) the man/woman with whom a person is having
a romantic relationship, especially when one or both of them is married to sb
else ( A At
) if a, me
an dango /faen'daeqgau; NAmE -gou/ noun (pi. fan-dan- goes, fandangos) [C] a lively Spanish dance; a piece of music for this dance R14 A f? ( 7r H Xfc 1& Eft 15If Rtf
m ) ; R14AM
fan-fare /’: faenfea(r); NAmE -fer/ noun 1 [C] a short loud
piece of music that is played to celebrate sb/sth important arriving ( Xfciffi1AA#±
#Eft ;) 2 [U, G] a large amount
of activity and
discussion on television, in newspapers,
etc. to celebrate sb/sth ( ) ®fl: The product
was launched amid much
fanfare worldwide. fAXA/mR
fang /faerj/ noun [usually pi.] either of two long
sharp teeth at the front of the mouths of some animals, such as a snake or dog A) IS5F--picture OPAGER29
‘F angles noun [pi.] = corresponding
angles
fanlight
fan-light /‘faenlait/ (NAmE also tran-som) noun a small window above a door or another window A® (
H^c®
±Ar^/fr® )
Fanny /‘faeni/ noun ITSTTn see sweet adj. fanny /‘faeni/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 (BrE, taboo, slang) the female sex organs £14lfe8tf!; 2 (slang, especially
NAmE) a person’s bottom
jgjK ‘fanny pack noun (NAmE) = bumbag fan ta sia /faen’teizia/ noun a piece of music in a free form, often based on
well-known tunes fan ta size (BrE also -ise) /‘faentasaiz/ verb ~ (about sth) to imagine that you
are doing sth that you would like to do, or that sth that you would like to
happen is happening, even though this is very unlikely *j| ;
iQ M Bf : [V] He sometimes
fantasized about
winning the gold medal,
BtlfcH-fltW&Jft&jmMo [also V that] ► fan ta sist /‘faentasist/ noun fantastic /faen'taestik/ adj. 1 (informal) extremely good;
excellent ^ ; JAfeW HT71 great, brilliant: a fantastic beach in
was absolutely fantastic. A^tlfSAo 0 You’ve got the job?
Fantastic! AT? 4cAP7 ! o
note at
great 2 (informal) very large; larger than you expected IIA
$J; A#*tlMg1sW H3U ENORMOUS, AMAZING:
The response to our appeal was fantastic. Ac 1i1 [ft Pf 71 IS
7^7® M &'J S.Av o 0 The car costs a fantastic
amount of money. 3Aff 7 Ao
3 (also less frequent
fan-tas-tic-al) [usually before noun]
strange and showing a lot of imagination J;
m 7S%7J
EEE3 weird: fantastic dreams of
forests and jungles A 4 impossible to put into
practice Eft: a fantastic scheme/
project 7 AO ^ H (ft it M / A M ► fan-tas-tic-al-ly /faen'taestikli/ adv. ■. fantastically successful Wl%)ATtl <> a fantastically shaped
piece of stone — fA M ^ Pft
fan-tasy /'faentasi/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 [C] a pleasant situation
that you imagine but that is unlikely to happen All®.;
%: his
childhood fantasies about becoming a famous football player tfiiQ
+E 2 [C] a product of your imagination AJ$I