to want to have or do something

Do you fancy a drink this evening? 你今晚想喝一杯吗？

[ + -ing verb ] I didn't fancy swimming in that water. 我不想在那水里游泳。

to be sexually attracted to someone

He could tell she fancied him. 他看得出她喜欢他。

to think you are very attractive or important

That Dave really fancies himself, doesn't he? 那个戴夫挺自命不凡的，是吧？

You could tell by the way they strutted around how much they fancied themselves.

Look at this photo from our teens. We really fancied ourselves, didn't we?

At that time, he was dating a girl who really fancied herself.

Chrissie's husband really fancies himself, doesn't he?

to imagine or think that something is so

He fancies himself as a bit of a singer. 他认为自己多少是个歌手。

[ + to infinitive ] Who do you fancy to win the Cup this year? 你认为今年谁会赢得杯赛？

[ + (that) ] literary I fancied (that) I saw something moving in the corner. 我觉得看见角落里有东西在动。

old-fashioned This isn't the first time this has happened, I fancy. 我想，这不是第一次发生这种事了。

an expression of surprise

Fancy seeing you here! 没想到在这里遇见你！

"They have eight children." "Fancy that (= how surprising)!" “他们有8个孩子。”“真想不到啊！”

fancy someone's chancesidiom UK 认为…会成功

decorative or complicated

I wanted a simple black dress, nothing fancy. 我想要一件简洁的黑色礼服，不要花哨的东西。

The decorations were a little too fancy for my tastes. 这种装饰风格过于繁复，不合我的喜好。

fancy cakes 花式蛋糕

expensive

We stayed in a fancy hotel near the Champs-Élysées. 我们住在香榭丽舍大街附近一家豪华的酒店里。

a fancy restaurant 豪华餐厅

something that you like very much for a short period

But for me, parachuting was no passing fancy. 但是对我来说，跳伞可不是一时的兴趣。

Musical comedies are popular at the moment, but it could be a passing fancy.

His desire to run for president was no passing fancy.

It is obvious that streaming shows online is more than a passing fancy.

Although she was in love with Alejandro, to him she was no more than a passing fancy.

to start liking something or someone very much

Laura's taken a fancy to Japanese food. 劳拉喜欢上了日本料理。

They visited Paris and took a fancy to the people.

He started a new job and soon took a fancy to the boss's daughter.

Katie seems to have taken a fancy to you. She wants you to come to dinner.

He's worried the birds will take a fancy to his fruit bushes.

If something takes/tickles your fancy, you like it and want to have or do it.

I looked in a lot of clothes shops but nothing really tickled my fancy. 我逛了很多服装店，但没什么衣服让我中意。

She has enough money to buy anything that strikes her fancy. 她有足够的钱想买什么就买什么。

He just grabs at any toy that takes his fancy, even when it belongs to another child.

The market is huge - you're bound to find something that tickles your fancy.

We spent hours discussing plays and novels that took our fancy.

the imagination