| 单词 | vagary |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['veigəri] |
| 解释 | n.奇想，异想天开 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n.奇想，异想天开(an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation) 【考】 vagary : predict / impossibility : execute(奇异的想法无法预测 /不可能的事无法执行) 【记】 vag(游移)+ary→游移 的思想→奇想 【例】 the vagaries of a dream(梦中奇想) |
| 字源 | vagary (n.) 1570s, "a wandering, a roaming journey," from Italian vagare or directly from Latin vagari "to wander, stroll about, roam, be unsettled, spread abroad," from vagus "roving, wandering" (see vague). The infinitive appears to have been adopted in English as a noun and conformed to nouns in -ary, "but this can hardly be explained except as an orig. university use" [Century Dictionary]. Current meaning of "eccentric notion or conduct" (1620s) is from notion of mental wandering. Related: Vagaries. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 奇想; 反复无常的行为 【记】vag游移, 走动, ary－游移的思想－奇想 【参】vagabond(adj 流浪的; n 流浪者); vagrant(n 游民) 【类】vagary: predict = impossibility: execute = indemonstrable: prove = acme: surpass = diehard: budge奇异的想法无法预测 = 不可能的事无法执行 = 不能证明的无法证明 = 顶峰无法超越 = 固执的人无法动摇 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自wander；音：歪鬼，心眼儿歪，造成行为与想法奇特，不可预测；vague 不清楚，头脑不清楚，思想有奇思怪想 |
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