whim的读音是：英[wɪm]。whim的例句是用作名词(n.)I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。whim的意思是n.一时的兴致；奇想。
一、词典解释点此查看whim的详细内容
1.一时的兴致;心血来潮;突发的奇想
Awhim is a wish to do or have something which seems to have no serious reason or purpose behind it, and often occurs suddenly.
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e.g. We decided, more or less on awhim, to sail to Morocco...
我们多少有点心血来潮，决定航海去摩洛哥。
e.g. The premium can increase at thewhim of the insurers...
保险公司可以随时提高保费。
二、网络解释
1. whim是什么意思
1. 幻想;卷扬机：while 一会儿;当...的时候;而 |whim 幻想;卷扬机 | whine 呜呜声;哀诉;牢骚
2. 突然的念头：whichever 无论何者 |whim 突然的念头 |whimper 呜咽
3. whim的翻译
3. 怪念头, 奇想：(1) Eccentric 古怪 | (2)Whim 怪念头, 奇想 | (3) A twinge of guilt 内疚
三、例句
I bought the encyclopedia on a whim.
我凭一时的兴致买了这本百科全书。
That suggestion was no whim of the moment.
那个建议可不是一时的突发奇想。
She bought that dress on a whim.
她一时心血来潮就买了那件连衣裙。
He dotes on his grandchildren and indulges their every whim.
他溺爱自己的孙辈,并且满足他们的任何想法。
Spring scatters the petals of flowers that are not for the fruits, but for the moment's whim.
春日播撒繁花艳蕊，并非为了以后结出硕果，而是为了这瞬间的奇想。
四、词汇搭配
五、经典引文
A woman's whims have to be respected, however apparently absurd.
出自：P. G. WodehouseThe whim seized him to drive me to Montaza.
出自：L. Durrellwhim的相关近义词
caprice、notion、fancy、impulse、fad、urge、quirk、eccentricity、kink、conceit、phase、prank、whimsy、whimsey
whim的相关临近词
whimper、whilst、whims、whimmy、whimsey、whimling、whimbrel、whimsied、Whimpenny、whim-wham