〈非正式,常贬〉 (已婚男子的)情妇。
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A woman must needs follow her own fancy touching the adornment of her person.
触及女人的装饰一事,那可得随着她自己的心气儿。
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I'll be lucky if there's one woman in the whole country who wants to give up cash for life - and I might not even fancy her.
如果整个国家里有一个女子愿意终生放弃现金,那我就幸运了——我可不会只是喜欢她。
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Men who aren't tall, dark and handsome can compensate by wearing high-status clothing (no woman, it is said, can resist a man in surgical scrubs) or driving a fancy car.
不够挺拔、不够黝黑英俊的男人可以穿彰显地位的服装(也就是说,没有女人能抵抗一个衣着光鲜的男人)或是驾驶一辆酷炫的车来弥补。
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A hot number might be construed to be an attractive woman (or maybe a fancy car or speedy computer) but in 1919 when the phrase first applied to a woman it was a term of disgust.
a hot number可以解读为迷人的女性(或者靓车、高速的计算机),但这个词组在1919年首次用在女性头上时,却有令人恶心的含义。
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There's this woman I fancy.
那儿有个女人我很喜欢。