English-Thai Dictionary

fantasy

N การ จินตนาการ  ความเพ้อฝัน  ความ นึกฝัน  ความ ฟุ้งซ่าน  imagination fancy kan-jin-ta-na-kan

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FANTASY

n.Now written fancy, which see. Is not this something more than fantasy?

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FANTASY

Fan "ta *sy, n.; pl. Fantasies. Etym: [See Fancy. ]

 

1. Fancy; imagination; especially, a whimsical or fanciful conception; a vagary of the imagination; whim; caprice; humor. Is not this something more than fantasy Shak. A thousand fantasies Being to throng into my memory. Milton.

 

2. Fantastic designs. Embroidered with fantasies and flourishes of gold thread. Hawthorne.

 

FANTASY

FANTASY Fan "ta *sy, v. t.

 

Defn: To have a fancy for; to be pleased with; to like; to fancy. [Obs. ] Cavendish. Which he doth most fantasy. Robynson (More's Utopia ).

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

fantasy

fan ta sy |ˈfantəsē ˈfæn (t )əsi | ▶noun ( pl. fantasies ) 1 the faculty or activity of imagining things, esp. things that are impossible or improbable: his research had moved into the realm of fantasy. • the product of this faculty or activity: the scene is clearly fantasy. • a fanciful mental image, typically one on which a person dwells at length or repeatedly and which reflects their conscious or unconscious wishes: the notion of being independent is a child's ultimate fantasy. • an idea with no basis in reality: it is a misleading fantasy to suggest that the bill can be implemented. • a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure, esp. in a setting other than the real world. 2 a musical composition, free in form, typically involving variation on an existing work or the imaginative representation of a situation or story; a fantasia. ▶verb ( fantasies, fantasying, fantasied ) [ with obj. ] literary imagine the occurrence of; fantasize about. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French fantasie, from Latin phantasia, from Greek, ‘imagination, appearance, ’ later ‘phantom, ’ from phantazein ‘make visible. ’ From the 16th to the 19th centuries the Latinized spelling phantasy was also used.

 

fantasy football

fan ta sy foot ball |ˈfæn (t )əsi ˈfʊtˌbɔl | ▶noun a competition in which participants select imaginary teams from among the players in a league and score points according to the actual performance of their players.

 

fantasyland

fan ta sy land |ˈfantəsēˌland ˈfæntəsilænd | ▶noun a place that is unreal or imaginary or that excites wonder: living in a fantasyland of endless prosperity and happiness | I live in the real world, not fantasyland | [ as modifier ] : the restaurant is famous for its fantasyland decor of twinkling lights and glitzy mirrors.

 

Oxford Dictionary

fantasy

fan |tasy |ˈfantəsi, -zi | ▶noun ( pl. fantasies ) 1 [ mass noun ] the faculty or activity of imagining impossible or improbable things: his researches had moved into the realms of fantasy . • [ count noun ] a fanciful mental image, typically one on which a person often dwells and which reflects their conscious or unconscious wishes: the notion of being independent is a child's ultimate fantasy. • [ count noun ] an idea with no basis in reality: it is a misleading fantasy to suggest that the bill can be implemented. • a genre of imaginative fiction involving magic and adventure, especially in a setting other than the real world. 2 Music a fantasia. ▶verb ( fantasies, fantasying, fantasied ) [ with obj. ] literary imagine the occurrence of; fantasize about. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French fantasie, from Latin phantasia, from Greek ‘imagination, appearance ’, later ‘phantom ’, from phantazein ‘make visible ’. From the 16th to the 19th cents the Latinized spelling phantasy was also used.

 

fantasy football

fan |tasy foot |ball ▶noun [ mass noun ] a competition in which participants select imaginary teams from among the players in a league and score points according to the actual performance of their players.

 

fantasyland

fan ta sy land |ˈfantəsēˌland ˈfæntəsilænd | ▶noun a place that is unreal or imaginary or that excites wonder: living in a fantasyland of endless prosperity and happiness | I live in the real world, not fantasyland | [ as modifier ] : the restaurant is famous for its fantasyland decor of twinkling lights and glitzy mirrors.

 

fantasy land

fantasy land ▶noun [ mass noun ] a place that is unreal or imaginary or that excites wonder: I live in the real world, not fantasy land | [ in sing. ] : you step out of the realm of reality and enter a fantasy land. living in a fantasy land of endless prosperity and happiness. [ as modifier ] : the restaurant is famous for its fantasy-land decor of twinkling lights and glitzy mirrors.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

fantasy

fantasy noun 1 a mix of fantasy and realism: imagination, fancy, invention, make-believe; creativity, vision; daydreaming, reverie. ANTONYMS realism, truth. 2 his fantasy about being famous: dream, daydream, pipe dream, fanciful notion, wish; fond hope, chimera, delusion, illusion; informal pie in the sky.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

fantasy

fantasy noun 1 the movie is ambitious in its mix of fantasy and realism: imagination, creativity, fancy, invention, originality, vision, speculation, make-believe, daydreaming, reverie. ANTONYMS truth, realism. 2 his fantasy about appearing on television: dream, daydream, pipe dream, flight of fancy, fanciful notion, wish, wishful thinking; fond hope, chimera, delusion, illusion, figment of the imagination, castle in the air, castle in Spain; informal pie in the sky, cloud cuckoo land. 3 fantasy was considered a subset of science fiction for a long time: myth, legend, fable, fairy tale, romance; science fiction, sci-fi, horror; sword and sorcery; escapism. ANTONYMS realism.

 

Duden Dictionary

Fantasy

Fan ta sy Substantiv, feminin , die |ˈfæntəzi |die Fantasy; Genitiv: der Fantasy englisch fantasy = Fantasie Bereich derjenigen besonders im Roman, im Film, im Comicstrip behandelten Thematiken, mit denen (wie in Mythen, Märchen und Sagen ) das Fantastische, Magisch-Geheimnisvolle mit Zauber und Magie in Traumwelten voller Fabelwesen heraufbeschworen wird

 

Fantasyfilm

Fan ta sy film Substantiv, maskulin , der

 

Fantasyliteratur

Fan ta sy li te ra tur Substantiv, feminin , die ohne Plural Literatur mit Thematiken aus dem Bereich der Fantasy

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

fantasy

fan ta sy /fǽntəsi, -zi /〖原義は 「幻覚 」〗(形 )fantastic 名詞 複 -sies /-z /1 U 〖具体例では 可算 〗空想 , 夢想, ファンタジー ; 空想的な経験 [状況 ]▸ live in a fantasy world 空想の世界に住む ▸ sexual fantasies 性的空想 ▸ have fantasies about becoming a movie star 映画スターになる夢を持つ ▸ reality and fantasy 現実と空想 2 C 想像上の考え, 絵空事 ; 心象 ; 幻想, 幻覚 ;〘 心 〙白日夢 .3 C 気まぐれ, 気まま .4 C 空想 [幻想 ]小説, ファンタジー (fantasy fiction ); 〘楽 〙幻想曲 (fantasia ).動詞 他動詞 …を空想する .～̀ f ó otball ファンタジーフットボール 〘実在の選手で仮想チームを作り, 選手の成績を合計し, 勝敗を競う 〙.