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单词 daydreamer
释义

daydreamern.

Brit. /ˈdeɪˌdriːmə/, U.S. /ˈdeɪˌdrimər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: day n., dreamer n.
Etymology: < day n. + dreamer n., after daydream n. Compare later daydream v.
A person who is disposed to daydreaming; one who distracts himself or herself from the present by indulging in fantasies and reveries. Also: a person who conceives impractical or unrealistic plans.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] > one who daydreams
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1750 M. Browne Sunday Thoughts: Pt. II. 33 Ye throngs loquacious! with more clamorous croaks, Call! louder, to these fascinated roofs, And start th' obscene, day-dreamers up to shame.
1797 S. J. Pratt Family Secrets II. xxxiii. 276 Thou wilt pity or despise those distracted day-dreamers.
1849 W. M. Thackeray Pendennis (1850) I. xxviii. 272 This young day-dreamer built castles in the air for himself.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets xi. 376 All day-dreamers and castle-builders.
1939 C. Van Riper Speech Correction i. 8 The average adult speech defective..may retreat from reality and become a daydreamer.
1998 M. Booth Industry of Souls vii. 147 The teacher is a cruel master who will brook no slackers, no day-dreamers, no skivers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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