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► dream 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. ► nightmare a very unpleasant and frightening dream: · She still has terrible nightmares about the accident. ► daydream 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. ► reverie 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► 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. ► nightmare 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. ► daydream 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. ► reverie 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► interrupt · 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 dreaming → daydream:  She was startled out of her reverie by a loud crash.
随便看	trance tranche tranny tranquil tranquillity tranquillize tranquillizer tranquilly trans- trans transact transaction Transamerica Building transatlantic transceiver transcend transcendent transcendental transcendentalism transcendental meditation transcendently transcontinental transcribe transcript transcription

英语词典包含52748条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。