English Dictionary

chimerical

IPA（発音記号）

/kɪˈmɛɹɪkəl/

形容詞

知覚色

Of or pertaining to a chimera. / Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense). / Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.

日本語の意味

1. キメラに関する、またはキメラに係る（実際には存在しない架空の生物、または象徴的な存在を意味する場合が多い）。 / 2. 想像上の、空想に属する—実在しないものとして描かれるもの。 / 3. 非現実的で、風変わりなほどに空想的な、非常に奇抜または幻想的な様相を示す。

The museum's chimerical statue, featuring the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent, drew curious crowds.

博物館のキメラ的な像は、ライオンの頭、ヤギの胴体、蛇の尾を備え、好奇心旺盛な見物客を引きつけた。

意味（1）

Of or pertaining to a chimera.

意味（2）

Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).

Yes; I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical, are really extremely practical—so practical that I depend upon them for my bread and cheese.

意味（3）

Inherently fantastic; wildly fanciful.

You are the most charming person in the world. You are invested with a perfect halo of delight, exclaimed Henrietta. "Miss Churchill has some chimerical notion of honour in her head, but that is over now; your information does not leave a single obstacle in the way of the most perfect happiness that ever wound up a fairy tale...

意味（4）

(genetics) Resulting from the expression of two or more genes that originally coded for separate proteins.

意味（5）

(vision, of a perceived color) Impossible to physically produce due to having an impossibly-high saturation or luminosity, but viewable by overlaying an afterimage and a suitably-colored physical image.

more chimerical （ comparative ）

most chimerical （ superlative ）