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单词 pipedreamed
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pipedreamedadj.

Brit. /ˈpʌɪpdriːmd/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpˌdrimd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pipe dream n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < pipe dream n. + -ed suffix2. Compare slightly later pipe dreaming n., and later pipe-dream v. Compare also pipe-dreamer n.
Originally U.S. rare.
Wasted through pipe-dreaming; idly fantasized.
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1899 C. L. Cullen Tales of Ex-tanks 17 That insidious town always took a-hold of me during those six pipe-dreamed years.
1996 Financial Times (Nexis) 18 May 15 In these chapters we feel all the agonies and pipedreamed ecstasies of the overreacher.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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