fantastic

fantastic
adjective

imaginative or fanciful; remote from reality
想像的，幻想的；离奇的，怪诞的；不切实际的，异想天开的
novels are capable of mixing fantastic and realistic elements.
小说可以把想像的和现实的成分糅杂在一起。
■of an incredible size or degree
难以置信的，惊人的
the prices were fantastic, far higher than elsewhere.
这里价格惊人，比别处高得多。
■(of a shape or design) bizarre or exotic; seeming more appropriate to a fairy tale than to reality or practical use
（形状，款式）奇异的，古怪的；神话般的
visions of a fantastic, maze-like building.
幻想一座奇异的、迷宫般的建筑。
(informal)incredibly or extraordinarily good or attractive
(非正式)了不起的，极出色的，极好的
your support has been fantastic.
您的支持真是作用非凡。

派生
fantastical
adjective

fantasticality
noun

fantastically
adverb
语源

late Middle English (in the sense 'existing only in the imagination, unreal'): from Old French fantastique, via medieval Latin from Greek phantastikos, from phantazein 'make visible', phantazesthai 'have visions, imagine', from phantos 'visible' (related to phainein 'to show'). From the 16th to the 19th cents the Latinized spelling phantastic was also used

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