| 释义 | View usage for: (revəri) Word forms: plural reveriescountable nounA reverie is a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, as if you are dreaming.[formal]  The announcer's voice brought Holden out of his reverie. Synonyms: daydream, musing, preoccupation, trance More Synonyms of reveriereverie in British English or revery (ˈrɛvərɪ) nounWord forms:  plural -eries1. an act or state of absent-minded daydreaming  to fall into a reverie 2. a piece of instrumental music suggestive of a daydream 3.  archaic a fanciful or visionary notion; daydreamWord origin C14: from Old French resverie  wildness, from resver  to behave wildly, of uncertain origin; see rave1reverie in American English (ˈrɛvəri)   noun1.   dreamy thinking or imagining, esp. of agreeable things; fanciful musing; daydreaming 2.   a dreamy, fanciful, or visionary notion or daydream Word origin Fr rêverie  < MFr, delirium < rever,  roam: see  raveThe sound of Morris slapping his own thigh brought him out of his pointless reverie.The snip of Beryl's embroidery scissors broke into his reverie.Startled from her reverie, Cameron waited to see what would emerge.Examples of 'reverie' in a sentencereverieSeemusingDefinition absent-minded daydream The voice brought him out of his reverie.Synonyms daydreamingbrown study woolgathering castles in the air or Spainreverereverencereverentreveriereversalreverserevert
Additional synonymsEvidence had been destroyed as a result of a moment's inattention. Synonyms neglect,  disregard,  carelessness,  indifference,  preoccupation,  daydreaming,  forgetfulness,  thoughtlessness,  absent-mindedness,  inadvertence,  inattentiveness,  heedlessness, woolgatheringShe mistook his musing for purposeful loitering. Synonyms thinking,  reflection,  meditation,  abstraction,  contemplation,  introspection,  reverie,  dreaming,  day-dreaming,  rumination,  navel gazing (slang),  absent-mindedness,  cogitation,  brown study,  cerebration, woolgatheringHe kept sinking back into gloomy preoccupation. Synonyms absorption,  musing,  oblivion,  abstraction,  daydreaming,  immersion,  reverie,  absent-mindedness,  brown study,  inattentiveness,  absence of mind,  pensiveness,  engrossment,  prepossession, woolgatheringDefinition a dazed or stunned state Like a man in a trance, he made his way back to the rooms.Synonyms daze,  dream,  spell,  ecstasy,  muse,  abstraction,  rapture,  reverie,  stupor,  unconsciousness,  hypnotic state |