如夢似幻:fantastic的用法綜述
-Rachel: Isn’t that just kick-you-in-the-crotch-spit-on-your-neck fantastic?
-Monica: It is an expression.
——Friends
-瑞秋:真是棒得面紅耳赤!棒得有苦說不出!
-莫妮卡:這是種表達方式。
——《老友記》
一、下面我們來看看fantastic有幾種含義
adj.
1.想象中的;虛幻的;虛構的,不真實的 based on fantasy : not real
Their fictional world has been replaced by a fantastic real one of trackless dunes and icy crags.
他們那虛構的世界,已爲荒蕪的沙丘和酷寒的皚崖這一奇異的真實境界所替代。
2.奇異的,古怪的,荒誕離奇的 strange
She had some fantastic idea that I was poisoning her.
她有種稀奇古怪的念頭,認爲我要毒死她。
3.異想天開的;幻想的,想入非非的;胡思亂想的 showing a lot of imagination
Their images are often primitive, violent, and fantastic.
他們的形象往往很原始,粗野並富於幻想。
4.難以置信的;不可思議的;極大的 very large; larger than you expected
What a fantastic story!
一個多麼難以置信的故事啊!
5.【口】極好的,極出色的[亦作Fantastical] extremely good; excellent
Tina's really a fantastic girl!
蒂娜是個極好的姑娘!
n.
【古】(行爲、衣着)古怪的人 an eccentric person
The guy may be a fantastic.
這家話可能是個怪人。
二、下面我們來學習一下含有fantastic的常見短語
trip the light fantastic
跳舞
三、最後,做個填詞遊戲吧
So, in a sense, we want her to break the date because it gives us a ____ reality check.
在某種意義上,我們希望她取消約會,因爲這給了我們一次奇妙的現實檢驗。