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单词 reverie
释义
reverierev‧e‧rie /ˈrevəri/ noun [countable, uncountable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINreverie
Origin:
1600-1700 French rêverie, from Old French rever ‘to wander, dream’
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Auntie interrupted my reveries.
  • Sometimes he would drift off into reverie, and gaze out of the window for hours.
  • The doorbell rang, shaking me from my reverie.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • As the train slid slowly into Asansol station, Brother Mariadas, suddenly wide awake, shook me out of my reverie.
  • He lay near sleep, falling into reverie, the powerful world of Oswald-hero, guns flashing in the dark.
  • If painful reveries of any kind had once overwhelmed him, they did so no longer.
  • In those early days of the war, the Continental Palace Hotel was still locked in a colonial reverie.
  • She was startled out of her reverie by a ring on the door-bell.
  • Valence also smiled, though his was a pensive smile, a smile of reverie.
  • Wiping his mind clean of all extraneous thoughts, he concentrated on his reveries.
  • With a contented sigh, he lost himself in a colourful reverie of big business deals and boardroom power games.
Thesaurus
THESAURUSwhen you are sleeping
the thoughts, images, and feelings that go through your mind while you are asleep: · I had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of forest.
a very unpleasant and frightening dream: · She still has terrible nightmares about the accident.
a series of pleasant thoughts that go through your mind when you are awake, so that you do not notice what is happening around you: · Neil was in a daydream, and didn’t hear the teacher call his name.
formal a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming: · The doorbell rang, shaking her from her reverie.
Longman Language Activatora dream
a series of events that you seem to experience while you are asleep: · I never remember my dreams when I wake up.· When she woke, she found that it was all a dream.dream about: · None of my dreams are about work.have a dream: · I had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of tropical forest.bad dream (=an unpleasant or frightening dream): · The events of the past few days seemed like a bad dream.recurring dream (=a dream that you keep having): · When I was younger, I had recurring dreams in which I was constantly pursued by soldiers.
a very unpleasant and frightening dream: · He woke from a nightmare, trembling with fear.have a nightmare: · Years after the accident I still have nightmares about it.
a series of pleasant thoughts that you experience when you are awake, so that you do not notice what is happening around you: · Ingrid was brought out of her daydream by a shout from her mother.in a daydream: · Neil seemed lost in a daydream, and didn't hear what I said.
a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming: · The doorbell rang, shaking me from my reverie.· Sometimes he would drift off into reverie, and gaze out of the window for hours.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB
· Lyddy interrupted her reverie with the cream silk dress laid across her arms like an offering.
a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreamingdaydream:  She was startled out of her reverie by a loud crash.
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