With time, systems tended to become less massive and more fanciful.

The modern poets have gone back to the fanciful poems of the metaphysical poets of the seventeenth century for many of their images.

现代派诗人就其许多想象又回到了十七世纪极抽象派诗人的意象诗中.

She was fanciful, had all sorts of unspoken preferences, and was easily offe nded.

她喜欢空想, 有着种种不说出口的偏爱, 因而容易生气.

Fanciful? Certainly, and it has been imagined before. But in volatile times, imaginings sometimes come true.

天方夜谈? 当然, 以前一直是在想象中的场景. 但是,在动荡不安的时局下, 有时想象也能成为现实.

The wind curled the smoke in fanciful whorls.

风把烟卷成一个个奇怪的旋涡.

A riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun.

谜语由一个奇妙的问题组成的谜语,其答案为双关语.

He had such a fanciful, pictorial way of saying things.

他有一种隐晦曲折 、 光怪陆离的表达方式.

Over the years, Shanghai's urban plans have become ever more fanciful.

随着时间的推移, 上海的城市化计划越来越令人惊叹.

It was imaginative waistcoat with exceedingly fanciful glass buttons.

花哨的坎肩上配搭着一些光怪陆离的玻璃钮扣.

Over the parapet showed quaint and fanciful little buildings.

栏杆里有一些古雅精致的小建筑物.

The little boy often talks a fanciful pal of him living in his mouth.

这个小男孩儿经常同他嘴里的假象出来的朋友讲话.

Children are very fanciful.

儿童都很富于幻想.

The conceive of this program is very fanciful.

这个计划在构思上很有想象力.

As a result , they often follow leaders with fancy houses and fanciful clothing.

所以, 他们经常跟那些拥有豪华住宅和穿着花哨衣服的人身后.

Lots of modern people have formed a fanciful picture of the outer space.

很多现代人对外太空有着美好的想象.

You are never fanciful, my dear.

亲爱的,你一点儿也不怪僻.

That would have been a very fanciful idea.

那样想是很荒唐的.

Mr Graddol says the idea of English being supplanted as the world language is not fanciful.

葛拉多尔表示,英语作为世界语言的地位被取代,这种想法并非不切实际.

Their interpretations are often fanciful.

他们的解释有时是富于假想的.

Snails with the shells that you put on the table, fanciness.

还有放在桌上的带壳蜗牛, 真有趣.

To our surprise, the fancy ball that she arranged turned out to be such a failure.

出人意料, 她安排的化妆舞会竟然会这样失败.