這張圖上,Fancy 是什麼意思呢?
猜是可以猜出來的。因為它指向的是一家酒吧餐廳,而且當你看到Pint 這個量詞時,一般都和飲料有關。但是,我很好奇為什麼用到 Fancy 這個詞。這又是一個你不能準確說出它的中文釋義,但也不會誤事的單詞。
科林斯字典只有英英解釋,挑選下面幾個比較常用的供大家參考。
Fancy:
1. VERB
If you fancy something, you want to have it or to do it. [mainly British, informal],如果說你Fancy 什麼事情,你想擁有或者去做。
What do you fancy doing, anyway? [VERBverb-ing]
I just fancied a drink [VERB noun],我剛剛點了一個飲料。
2. VERB
If you fancy someone, you feel attracted to them, especially in a sexual way,[informal]。I think he thinks I fancy him or something,[VERB noun]
3. VERB
If you say that you fancy a particular competitor or team in a competition, you think they will win.
[British]
You have to fancy Bath because they are the most consistent team in England. [VERB noun]
I fancy England to win through. [VERB nounto-infinitive]
4. ADJECTIVE [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe something as fancy, you mean that it is special, unusual, or elaborate, for example because it has a lot of decoration.
It was packaged in a fancy plastic case with attractive graphics.
...fancy jewellery.
5. ADJECTIVE [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
If you describe something as fancy, you mean that it is very expensive or of very high quality, and you often dislike it because of this.
[informal]。如果你用Fancy 描述某事,你想說它很貴或者質量高,但是你並不會因此喜歡它。
He owned a fancy house out on Lake Agaway.
...a fancy private school.
Fancy a pint? 在這裡,Fancy的意思是去喝,去做的意思。
村上春樹 的小說裡,出現過這個詞的形容詞形式。還記得吧?
這句話裡的Fancy,是上面第 5 條的解釋,昂貴,高質量的意思。
很多時候,我只能用到上面第 4 那個釋義,誇張,花俏的意思。