单词 | dreamtime |
释义 | dreamtime[ dreem-tahym ] / ˈdrimˌtaɪm / noun(often initial capital letter) the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in Australian Aboriginal mythology. Also called alcheringa, the dreaming . Origin of dreamtimeFirst recorded in 1905–10; dream + time Words nearby dreamtimedream merchant, dreamscape, dreamt, dream team, dream ticket, dreamtime, dream up, dream vision, dreamwork, dream world, dreamy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for dreamtime
British Dictionary definitions for dreamtimeDreamtime / (ˈdriːmtaɪm) / nounAlso called: alchera (ˈæltʃərə), alcheringa (in the mythology of Australian Aboriginal peoples) a mythical Golden Age of the past Australian informal any remote period, out of touch with the actualities of the present 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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