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whim

UK
/wɪm/
US
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Übersetzungen

whimsubstantiv
whims
Pl.
UK
/wɪm/
US
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capriceDécision ou envie soudaine et passagère.
On a whim, she decided to take a spontaneous road trip to the mountains.
Sur un caprice, elle a décidé de partir en voyage improvisé à la montagne.
treuilTechnique; appareil d'extraction minier, historique.
The old Cornish mine still has an intact wooden whim beside the shaft.
L'ancienne mine cornouaillaise possède encore un treuil en bois intact près du puits.
Zusätzliche Übersetzungen
fantaisieSurtout pour une envie ou idée passagère, souvent avec une nuance de caprice.
lubiePlus familier; idée ou envie passagère.
Synonyme
caprice
inclination
desire
urge
notion
impulse
fancy
whimverb
whimmed
Präteritum
whimmed
Partizip Perfekt
whimming
Gerundium
UK
/wɪm/
US
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Archaic, chiefly in mining context.
treuillerTechnique; en contexte minier historique.
They whimmed the buckets of ore to the surface throughout the night.
Ils ont treuillé les seaux de minerai jusqu'à la surface toute la nuit.
Synonyme
act on a whim
act impulsively
fancy
capricate
take a notion
decide spontaneously
be fanciful

Definitionen

whimsubstantiv
A sudden or capricious impulse or idea; a passing fancy.
On a whim, she decided to take a spontaneous road trip to the mountains.
(Mining, historical) A hoisting machine consisting of a vertical drum turned by horse or steam power, used for raising ore, water, or workers in a mine shaft.
The old Cornish mine still has an intact wooden whim beside the shaft.
whimverb
(Mining, historical) To raise or haul (ore, water, etc.) by means of a whim.
They whimmed the buckets of ore to the surface throughout the night.
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