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单词 dreamboat
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dreamboat

[ dreem-boht ]
/ ˈdrimˌboʊt /
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noun Slang.

a highly attractive or desirable person: Look at these vintage pics I found of Grandpa in uniform—he was a real dreamboat back in the day!
Older Use. a luxuriously designed car.

Origin of dreamboat

First recorded in 1940–45; dream + boat

Words nearby dreamboat

dreadlocks, dreadnought, dream, Dream Act, dream analysis, dreamboat, dream book, dreamer, dreamland, dreamless, dream merchant
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for dreamboat

  • The dreamboat is a closeted district attorney named Paul, played by Garret Dillahunt of Raising Hope.

    Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt Explore Gay Adoption in ‘Any Day Now’|Maria Elena Fernandez|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
  • The plot: After the post-divorce catharsis of Eat, Pray, Love, Gilbert settled down with a Brazilian dreamboat she calls Felipe.

    Do I Have to Read Committed?|William Boot|January 30, 2010|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for dreamboat

dreamboat
/ (ˈdriːmˌbəʊt) /

noun

old-fashioned, slang an exceptionally attractive person or thing, esp a person of the opposite sex
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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