如梦似幻：fantastic的用法综述

-Rachel: Isn’t that just kick-you-in-the-crotch-spit-on-your-neck fantastic?
-Monica: It is an expression.

——Friends

-瑞秋：真是棒得面红耳赤！棒得有苦说不出！
-莫妮卡：这是种表达方式。

——《老友记》

一、下面我们来看看fantastic有几种含义

adj.

1.想象中的；虚幻的；虚构的，不真实的 based on fantasy : not real

Their fictional world has been replaced by a fantastic real one of trackless dunes and icy crags.

他们那虚构的世界，已为荒芜的沙丘和酷寒的皑崖这一奇异的真实境界所替代。

2.奇异的，古怪的，荒诞离奇的 strange 

She had some fantastic idea that I was poisoning her.

她有种稀奇古怪的念头,认为我要毒死她。

3.异想天开的；幻想的，想入非非的；胡思乱想的 showing a lot of imagination

Their images are often primitive, violent, and fantastic.

他们的形象往往很原始，粗野并富于幻想。

4.难以置信的；不可思议的；极大的 very large; larger than you expected

What a fantastic story!

一个多么难以置信的故事啊！

5.【口】极好的，极出色的[亦作Fantastical] extremely good; excellent

Tina's really a fantastic girl!

蒂娜是个极好的姑娘!

n.

【古】（行为、衣着）古怪的人 an eccentric person

The guy may be a fantastic.

这家话可能是个怪人。

二、下面我们来学习一下含有fantastic的常见短语

trip the light fantastic

跳舞

三、最后，做个填词游戏吧

So, in a sense, we want her to break the date because it gives us a ____ reality check.

在某种意义上，我们希望她取消约会，因为这给了我们一次奇妙的现实检验。