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fancy

['fæn(t)sɪ] брит. / амер.

  1. сущ.

    1. иллюзия; галлюцинация прям. и перен.

    2. воображение, фантазия; мысленный образ

    3. каприз, прихоть, причуда

    4. фантазия, чушь, заблуждение, наваждение

    5. склонность, вкус (к чему-л.), пристрастие; любимая тема, область, "конёк"; вкус; понимание тонкостей

    6. (the fancy) уст. коллекционеры, любители, энтузиасты; спорт. болельщики

    7. (the fancy) бокс, искусство кулачного боя

    8. изобретение, придумка

    9. уст.; муз. импровизация

  2. гл.

    1. очень хотеть, страстно желать

    2. воображать, представлять себе

    3. думать, считать, предполагать

      1. воображать, видеть себя (кем-л., в каком-л. положении)

      2. (fancy oneself) разг. быть о себе (неоправданно) высокого мнения, воображать

    4. спорт. ставить на какую-л. лошадь, считать какую-л. лошадь фаворитом (на скачках)

    5. испытывать симпатию, любить

    6. биол. заниматься селекцией, улучшать породу

  3. прил.

    1. причудливый, необычный, прихотливый

    2. фантастический прям. и перен.

    3. бот. многоцветный

    4. орнаментальный, разукрашенный

    5. модный, фасонный

Biology (En-Ru)

fancy

  1. выводить растения новых сортов или животных новых пород

  2. декоративный (о породе)

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Examples from texts

Fancy sleeping on air.
Ну и смех, спать в воздухе!
Lewis, Clive S. / The Silver ChairЛьюис, Клайв С. / Серебряное кресло
Серебряное кресло
Льюис, Клайв С.
© Перевод Т. Шапошникова, 2010
© Издание на русском языке ООО "Издательство "Эксмо", 2010
The Silver Chair
Lewis, Clive S.
© 1953 by C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd.
© renewed 1981 by C.S. Lewis Pte. Ltd.
'Fancy having to feel for a gutter with your foot!' he said petulantly, as he turned into the Park.
— Представь себе, каково нащупывать ногою пропасть, — сказал он почти жалобно, когда они уже входили в парк.
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard / The Light That FailedКиплинг, Джозеф Редьярд / Свет погас
Свет погас
Киплинг, Джозеф Редьярд
© "Издательство П. П. Сойкина", 1915
The Light That Failed
Kipling, Joseph Rudyard
© 2011 by Victorian Secrets
Fancy, he brought me some sweets.
Представь: мне конфет привез.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The Insulted and InjuredДостоевский, Фёдор / Униженные и оскорблённые
Униженные и оскорблённые
Достоевский, Фёдор
© "Государственное издательство художественной литературы", 1955
The Insulted and Injured
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
Fancy, such an answer!
Ну, представь себе такой ответ!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / The brothers KaramazovДостоевский, Фёдор / Братья Карамазовы
Братья Карамазовы
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1988
The brothers Karamazov
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
"Fancy," he wrote, among other things, "my last coachman, the Kalmuck boy, do you remember him?
"Вообрази ты себе,- писал он между прочим,- последнего моего кучера, калмычонка, помнишь?
Тургенев, И.С. / ДымTurgenev, I.S. / Smoke
Smoke
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1919, by BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc.
Дым
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Правда", 1979
Fancy a Russian lady having an affaire with a secretary!"
И что за манера русской барыне иметь секретаря? - сказал он, сердито отходя от меня.
Толстой, Л.Н. / ЮностьTolstoy, Leo / Youth
Youth
Tolstoy, Leo
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
Юность
Толстой, Л.Н.
© Издательство "Правда", 1987
Fancy, we ran here almost straight from the train to embrace you and that woman- ah, here she is!
Вообрази, бежим сюда, чтоб обнять тебя, чуть не прямо из вагона, а эта женщина, -- а, да вот она!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / Crime and PunishmentДостоевский, Фёдор / Преступление и наказание
Преступление и наказание
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1970
Crime and Punishment
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2009 Rhodes Media
Fancy if consciousness were to last for even five seconds!
А что если пять секунд!..
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.
Fancy, I couldn't play two notes together correctly."
Вообразите, я не мог две ноты сряду взять верно.
Turgenev, I.S. / A House of GentlefolkТургенев, И.С. / Дворянское гнездо
Дворянское гнездо
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1983
A House of Gentlefolk
Turgenev, I.S.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
'Fancy,' he began with a constrained smile, 'our Insarov has disappeared.'
- Вообразите себе, - начал он с принужденной улыбкой, - наш Инсаров пропал.
Turgenev, I.S. / On the eveТургенев, И.С. / Накануне
Накануне
Тургенев, И.С.
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1976
On the eve
Turgenev, I.S.
© 1st World Library, 2008
Besides, Fancy warning Winkles, no!
Предупредить Уинклса – ну нет!
Wells, Herbert George / The Food of the GodsУэллс, Герберт / Пища богов
Пища богов
Уэллс, Герберт
© Издательство "Правда", 1964
The Food of the Gods
Wells, Herbert George
© BiblioBazaar, LLC
"Fancy him nursing me! Why, he needs a nurse himself! The general, there, will be his nurse now, you'll see.
Где ему жениться, ему самому еще няньку надо; вон генерал и будет у него в няньках, - ишь за ним увивается!
Dostoevsky, Fyodor / IdiotДостоевский, Фёдор / Идиот
Идиот
Достоевский, Фёдор
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1971
Idiot
Dostoevsky, Fyodor
© 2004 by Fine Creative Media, Inc.
Fancy meeting you guys here."
Рад познакомиться.
DeChancie, John / Castle WarДе Ченси, Джон / Замок Воинственный
Замок Воинственный
Де Ченси, Джон
Castle War
DeChancie, John
© 1990 by John DeChancie
Fancy a washerwoman driving a car as well as that, the first time!’
Подумать только, какая-то прачка, и ведет машину впервые в жизни!
Грэм, Кеннет / Ветер в ивахGrahame, Kenneth / The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
Grahame, Kenneth
© 1908, 1913, by CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
Ветер в ивах
Грэм, Кеннет
© Издательство "Детская литература", 1988
In the South they have a saying: 'Fancy makes the fool a rich man.'
У южан есть поговорка: дурень думкой богатеет.
Чехов, А.П. / Три годаChekhov, A. / Three years
Three years
Chekhov, A.
© 2006 BiblioBazaar
Три года
Чехов, А.П.
© Издательство "Наука", 1974

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Adjective

  1. 1.

    модный (одежда)

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  1. 1.

    разукрашенный

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  2. 2.

    нравится, любить

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    фантазия

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  4. 4.

    фиктивный

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  5. 5.

    воображение

    fancy от fantasy

    translation added by Камила Курбанова
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    изыск

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    иллюзия

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Collocations

fancy account
фиктивный счет
fancy articles
безделушки
fancy articles
галантерея
fancy articles
модные товары
fancy ball
маскарад
fancy batten
багет
fancy batten
декоративная планка
fancy bread
фигурный хлеб
fancy cloth
коленкор
fancy cloth
узорчатая ткань
fancy dress
маскарадный костюм
fancy fair
базар модных вещей
fancy girl
любовница
fancy girl
проститутка
fancy glassware
декоративно-художественные стеклоизделия

Word forms

fancy

verb
Basic forms
Pastfancied
Imperativefancy
Present Participle (Participle I)fancying
Past Participle (Participle II)fancied
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I fancywe fancy
you fancyyou fancy
he/she/it fanciesthey fancy
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am fancyingwe are fancying
you are fancyingyou are fancying
he/she/it is fancyingthey are fancying
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have fanciedwe have fancied
you have fanciedyou have fancied
he/she/it has fanciedthey have fancied
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been fancyingwe have been fancying
you have been fancyingyou have been fancying
he/she/it has been fancyingthey have been fancying
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I fanciedwe fancied
you fanciedyou fancied
he/she/it fanciedthey fancied
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was fancyingwe were fancying
you were fancyingyou were fancying
he/she/it was fancyingthey were fancying
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had fanciedwe had fancied
you had fanciedyou had fancied
he/she/it had fanciedthey had fancied
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been fancyingwe had been fancying
you had been fancyingyou had been fancying
he/she/it had been fancyingthey had been fancying
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will fancywe shall/will fancy
you will fancyyou will fancy
he/she/it will fancythey will fancy
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be fancyingwe shall/will be fancying
you will be fancyingyou will be fancying
he/she/it will be fancyingthey will be fancying
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have fanciedwe shall/will have fancied
you will have fanciedyou will have fancied
he/she/it will have fanciedthey will have fancied
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been fancyingwe shall/will have been fancying
you will have been fancyingyou will have been fancying
he/she/it will have been fancyingthey will have been fancying
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would fancywe should/would fancy
you would fancyyou would fancy
he/she/it would fancythey would fancy
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be fancyingwe should/would be fancying
you would be fancyingyou would be fancying
he/she/it would be fancyingthey would be fancying
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have fanciedwe should/would have fancied
you would have fanciedyou would have fancied
he/she/it would have fanciedthey would have fancied
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been fancyingwe should/would have been fancying
you would have been fancyingyou would have been fancying
he/she/it would have been fancyingthey would have been fancying
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am fanciedwe are fancied
you are fanciedyou are fancied
he/she/it is fanciedthey are fancied
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being fanciedwe are being fancied
you are being fanciedyou are being fancied
he/she/it is being fanciedthey are being fancied
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been fanciedwe have been fancied
you have been fanciedyou have been fancied
he/she/it has been fanciedthey have been fancied
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was fanciedwe were fancied
you were fanciedyou were fancied
he/she/it was fanciedthey were fancied
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being fanciedwe were being fancied
you were being fanciedyou were being fancied
he/she/it was being fanciedthey were being fancied
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been fanciedwe had been fancied
you had been fanciedyou had been fancied
he/she/it had been fanciedthey had been fancied
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be fanciedwe shall/will be fancied
you will be fanciedyou will be fancied
he/she/it will be fanciedthey will be fancied
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been fanciedwe shall/will have been fancied
you will have been fanciedyou will have been fancied
he/she/it will have been fanciedthey will have been fancied

fancy

noun
SingularPlural
Common casefancyfancies
Possessive casefancy'sfancies'

fancy

adjective
Positive degreefancy
Comparative degreefancier
Superlative degreefanciest