vagary 音标拼音: [v'egɚi]
n . 奇特,好奇,奇特行为,奇想
奇特,好奇,奇特行为,奇想
vagary n 1 :
an unexpected and inexplicable change in something (
in a situation or a person '
s behavior ,
etc .); "
the vagaries of the weather "; "
his wealth fluctuates with the vagaries of the stock market "; "
he has dealt with human vagaries for many years "
Vagary \
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[
L .
vagari to stroll about .
See {
Vague }.]
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1 .
A wandering or strolling . [
Obs .]
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2 .
Hence ,
a wandering of the thoughts ;
a wild or fanciful freak ;
a whim ;
a whimsical purpose . "
The vagaries of a child ." --
Spectator .
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They changed their minds ,
Flew off ,
and into strange vagaries fell . --
Milton .
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54 Moby Thesaurus words for "
vagary ":
aberration ,
bee ,
boutade ,
brainstorm ,
capriccio ,
caprice ,
circuitousness ,
conceit ,
crank ,
craze ,
crazy idea ,
crosswiseness ,
crotchet ,
daydream ,
declination ,
deflection ,
deflexure ,
deviance ,
deviation ,
deviousness ,
diagonality ,
digression ,
divagation ,
divergence ,
dream ,
excursion ,
fad ,
fancy ,
fantastic notion ,
fantasy ,
flimflam ,
fool notion ,
freak ,
freakish inspiration ,
harebrained idea ,
humor ,
indirection ,
indirectness ,
kink ,
maggot ,
megrim ,
nonconformity ,
notion ,
obliqueness ,
obliquity ,
passing fancy ,
quirk ,
skewness ,
squint ,
toy ,
transverseness ,
whim ,
whim -
wham ,
whimsy
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