whim
n. 一时的兴致，突发的奇想
复数 whims
例句
He was forced to pander to her every whim.
她每次心血来潮他都不得不依随她。
《牛津词典》
We decided, more or less on a whim, to sail to Morocco.
我们多少有些心血来潮地决定乘船去摩洛哥。
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
A still picture could only imply the existence of time, while time in a novel passed at the whim of the reader.
"一张静止的照片只是暗示了时间的存在，而小说中的时间则随着读者的幻想而流逝。
