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whim

[wɪm]

1) Общая лексика: блажь, жадно стремиться , жаждать, изменчивость, каприз, непостоянство, прихоть, причуда, увлечение, фантазия, фокус, желание , порыв, заскок

2) Геология: ворот, вороток

3) Диалект: кружиться

4) Техника: вага, лебёдка

5) Строительство: серая вакка

6) Горное дело: конный привод , привод

7) Лесоводство: передки для трелёвки

Макаров: рычаг

9) Ebay. закидон

Универсальный англо-русский словарь.
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• Whim — Whim, n. [Cf. Icel. hwima to wander with the eyes, vim giddiness, Norw. kvima to whisk or flutter about, to trifle, Dan. vimse to skip, whisk, jump from one thing to another, dial. Sw. hvimsa to be unsteady, dizzy, W. chwimio to move briskly.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• whim — [wım] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: whim wham decorative object, whim (16 19 centuries), of unknown origin] a sudden feeling that you would like to do or have something, especially when there is no important or good reason on a whim ▪ I didn t… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• whim — whim·brel; whim; whim·per·ing·ly; whim·si·cal; whim·si·cal·i·ty; whim·sied; whim·sy wham·sy; whim·per; whim·sy; whim·si·cal·ly; whim·si·cal·ness; …   English syllables

• Whim — or WHIM has various meanings:*the word , meaning #a temporary fancy or eccentricity; or #a capstan or drum with a vertical axle used in mining #a carriage. * Adventures of Wim , a book by George Cockroft, as Luke Rhinehart, reissued as Whim *WHIM …   Wikipedia

• WHIM — could refer to:*WHIM (astrophysics), Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium *WHIM syndrome, Wart, Hypogammaglobulinemia, Infection, and Myelokathexis syndromeIn radio: *WHIM (AM), a radio station (1520 AM) licensed to Apopka, Florida, United States *WHIM… …   Wikipedia

• whim — [ wım, hwım ] noun count a sudden feeling that you must have or do something. This word often suggests that what someone wants is not important: on a whim: On a whim, she decided to go away for the weekend. at someone s whim: Prisoners were… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• whim|sy — «HWIHM zee», noun, plural sies, adjective. –n. 1. an odd or fanciful notion. SYNONYM(S): vagary, caprice. 2. odd or fanciful humor; quaintness: »“Alice in Wonderland” is full of whimsy. SYNONYM(S): drollery …   Useful english dictionary

• Whim — Whim, v. i. To be subject to, or indulge in, whims; to be whimsical, giddy, or freakish. [R.] Congreve. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Whim — Whim, n. [Cf. {Whimbrel}.] (Zo[ o]l.) The European widgeon. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• WHIM — steht für: Warm Hot Intergalactic Medium, Bestandteil des intergalaktischen Raums WHIM Syndrom, Warzen Hypogammaglobulinämie Immundefizienz Myelokathexis Syndrom Wessex Head Injury Matrix, einen ein englischsprachigen neuropsychologischen Score… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• whim — [hwim, wim] n. [short for WHIM WHAM] 1. a sudden fancy; idle and passing notion; capricious idea or desire 2. a kind of winch or capstan powered by a horse or steam, formerly used in mines to raise ore or water SYN. CAPRICE …   English World dictionary

- прихоть; причуда

whims of fate — капризы судьбы 

- непостоянство; изменчивость
- (конный) привод

Мои примеры

He appeared and disappeared at whim. 

Он появлялся и исчезал по прихоти (по желанию).

His mother spoiled him, indulging his every whim. 

Мать испортила его, исполняя все его прихоти.

It’s hard to predict voters’ whims. 

Трудно предсказать желания избирателей.

Their father had always indulged her every whim. 

Их отец всегда потакал каждой её прихоти.

I didn’t leave just on a whim (=for no good reason). 

Я уехал не просто так (т.е. не без уважительной причины).

On a whim, we stopped at the roadside stand to get ice cream. 

Ни с того ни с сего мы остановились около придорожной забегаловки, чтобы купить мороженого.

He had a whimsy about flying to the moon. 

Была у него блажь: слетать на Луну.

Employees have complained of being at the mercy of the manager’s every whim and caprice. 

Работники пожаловались на то, что им приходится исполнять любую прихоть и каприз этого руководителя.

At work they are at the whim of the boss. 

На работе они находятся по прихоти босса.

…with no set course to follow, a windjammer sails wherever the wind and the captain’s whim takes it…  

Для того чтобы добавить вариант перевода, кликните по иконке ☰, напротив примера.

Collins Russian Dictionary 2nd Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 2000, 1997:

whim [wɪm]
n при́хоть f

* is used to mark translations which have irregular inflections. The Russian-English side of the dictionary gives inflectional information.

Словосочетания: [attend, cater] to all their whims, was [taken, said, done] on a whim, [bought, sold] it on a whim, больше…

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

Whim

Whim may refer to: ▪ Whim, United States Virgin Islands, a settlement ▪ Whim, a capstan or drum with a vertical axle used in mining ▪ Whim, a type of carriage ▪ Whim, a reissue of Adventures of Wim, a book by George Cockroft as Luke Rhinehart ▪ Whim, a character in Jim Woodring’s Frank…

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I had been doing plays in New York and on a whim we packed up and moved West, I started doing commercials and plays and guest star spots on TV and one thing led to another and I got Knots Landing.

In 1998, I started a blog, something I could control very easily and update at my own whim.

I have the greatest love for the rituals of organised religion — the sense of community and belonging it can confer to people. But me, I’m more a questioner than a follower; not by whim or fashion, but as a decision painfully arrived at after much, much thought.

Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment.

I initially got a job at Disneyland through a friend who was working there. He said, ‘You would make a great princess there,’ and that I should audition. So I just went on a whim to audition, and I wound up getting a job as Belle, from ‘Beauty and the Beast,’ at Disneyland. I did that for about a year and a half.

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

In a movie, you have to be mindful that no budget is going to be able to deal with running around the globe at every whim of the writer.

All of the best songs happen on a whim.

Sunken gardens should be laid out under the supervision of an intelligent landscape architect; and even then should have a reason for being sunken other than a whim or increase in costliness.

A whim, a passing mood, readily induces the novelist to move hearth and home elsewhere. He can always plead work as an excuse to get him out of the clutches of bothersome hosts.

Three types of readers will find this book useful: those who hireworkers with experience, those who hire recent graduates and thosewho are getting ready to interview for a job.

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The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting

The Iron Whim is an intelligent, irreverent, and humorous history of writing culture and technology.

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Killed at the Whim of a Hat

When crime reporter Jimm Juree is forced to follow her family from Chiang Mai to a fishing village on the Gulf of Siam, she’s convinced her career is over.

A month with the ruthless Russian… Kat Marshall has sacrificed everything for her younger sisters.

On a Whim is the second book in the Katie Weldon Series.

This is deft work—and hefty work (as in big and as in bag)—that squeezes gallon after gallon of the 21st century’s natural and cultural detritus into one marvelous sack of song.

These and other very important, questions, conundrums and quandaries are delved in Whim, Woe And Wonder (Tales For The Ever — Present Child).Radar says: «Read this Book!

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Lady Worsley’s Whim: An Eighteenth-Century Tale of Sex, …

‘The story of the Worsley divorce has never been revealed before, and Hallie Rubenhold tells it with panache. Her account of the elopement is gripping, but this is far more than an 18th-century bodice-ripper.

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

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Cater to a Whim/the Winning Heart

Cater to a Whim: God promised to bless her in all her endeavors, didn’t He? And yet things keep going wrong for Bandy.

Whim W’Him dancers master many styles

When Seattle contemporary dance troupe Whim W’Him was founded five years ago, it seemed to be exclusively a showcase for the prodigious choreographic … «The Seattle Times, May 15»

Don’t Miss Whim W’Him’s Dark, Dreamy, Damn Near Impossible …

Whim W’Him’s seven company dancers stand in a rough semi-circle, panting and staring up at French choreographer Manuel Vignoulle with raised eyebrows. «TheStranger.com, May 15»

Perth fashion label breaks the mould

Bucking the traditional formula of producing seasonal clothing collections to wholesale to retailers, Perth fashion label On A Whim has broken the mould, forging … «The West Australian, May 15»

This is what it’s really like to be in a hardcore a cappella group

Although Yale’s all-female senior group, Whim ‘n Rhythm, doesn’t get to take a … director of Whim ‘n Rhythm) to talk about what it’s really like to be in a serious a … «Stuff.co.nz, May 15»

Whim Creek pub taps history

Whim Creek pub taps history Chilled out: Pilbara Motorcycle Sisters Dee Finch, Leah Scholes and Deborah Napier, of Karratha, are keen Whim Creek patrons. «The West Australian, Apr 15»

Spontaneous DNA mutation causes miracle cure

WHIM is an acronym derived from the main features of the condition – Warts, Hypogammaglobulinemia, Infections, and Myelokathexis (retention of neutrophils in … «RedOrbit, Feb 15»

Woman cured of WHIM immune disease by DNA mutation with …

Patients with WHIM have a defect in a single section of their DNA which causes newly-formed immune system cells to get stuck in the bone marrow, which is … «The Independent, Feb 15»

Shattered chromosome cures woman of immune disease

The 9-year-old’s illness, described in two reports in 1964 in The New England Journal of Medicine, was the first known case of what is now called WHIM (warts, … «Science Now, Feb 15»

Introducing Whim™, a New Collection by Martha Stewart …

The Whim collection also includes a 16-piece dinnerware set (online only) with … Whim bedding ranges from $50 to $200 and the 16-piece dinnerware set is … «MarketWatch, Feb 15»

WHIM exercise program helps build mobility

ROCHESTER — Using their electric wheelchairs to form a semicircle in a small conference room, three members of the Wheelchair Health in Motion program … «Foster’s Daily Democrat, Oct 14»

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