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fan·ci·er /ˈfæn(t)siɚ/
愛好者
Fan·ci·er n.
1. One who is governed by fancy. “Not reasoners, but fanciers.”
2. One who fancies or has a special liking for, or interest in, a particular object or class or objects; hence, one who breeds and keeps for sale birds and animals; as, bird fancier, dog fancier, etc.
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fancy
adj : not plain; decorative or ornamented; "fancy handwriting";
"fancy clothes" [ant: plain]
n 1: something many people believe that is false; "they have the
illusion that I am very wealthy" [syn: illusion, fantasy,
phantasy]
2: fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and
superficial than imagination
3: a predisposition to like something; "he had a fondness for
whiskey" [syn: fondness, partiality]
v 1: imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind; "I can't see him on
horseback!"; "I can see what will happen"; "I can see a
risk in this strategy" [syn: visualize, visualise, envision,
project, see, figure, picture, image]
2: have a fancy or particular liking or desire for; "She
fancied a necklace that she had seen in the jeweler's
window" [syn: go for, take to]
[also: fancied, fanciest, fancier]
fancier
n : a person having a strong liking for something [syn: enthusiast]