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单词 daydream
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Definition of daydream in English:

daydream

noun ˈdeɪdriːmˈdeɪˌdrim
  • A series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present.

    she was lost in a daydream
    Example sentencesExamples
    • With a sigh she turned her attentions inward once again, back to her own daydream.
    • As happens in daydreams, there is a happy ending.
    • Echo left her daydreams and focused back to the present.
    • Reluctantly stirring from her very pleasant daydreams, Hope looked upwards and found Frank Metcalfe smiling down at her.
    • Her daydreams had no problems in them; they were daydreams after all.
    • Aim just sat there, still engrossed in her daydream with her muffin.
    • It is, they imagine, a place they'll only visit in their daydreams.
    • Rard, jerked out of a pleasant daydream about Spooks, glared at the girls.
    • I must look as though I'm stuck in a daydream, because Lake taps the desk to get my attention.
    • Beth gets Cal's attention away from his daydream and tells him she wants the family to go to London for Christmas this year.
    • The booming of that door seemed to have woken me from a pleasant daydream, abruptly bringing cold reality back into sharp focus.
    • A sweeping glance confirmed that no one needed my attention, and I returned to my daydreams.
    • He had been pondering his next move all the academic day, drifting off into daydreams instead of paying attention in class.
    • Em scanned the schoolyard with drooped eyelids in a pleasant daydream trying to find a liable distraction.
    • She smiled at her daydream hoping that things worked out exactly the way she imagined.
    • How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there any danger of their coming true.
    • For the rest of the class she stared absent-mindedly at the clock, lost in a daydream.
    • My daydream distracted me and I jumped when I noticed Red plop down in front of me.
    • Someone's presence next to their table startled him from gold-laden daydreams and back into reality.
    • In her daydream, she imagined being in an airplane.
    Synonyms
    reverie, trance, fantasy, vision, fancy, hallucination, musing, brown study, imagining
    inattention, inattentiveness, wool-gathering, preoccupation, brooding, obliviousness, engrossment, absorption, self-absorption, absent-mindedness, absence of mind, staring into space, abstraction, lack of concentration, lack of application
    Scottish dwam
    humorous blonde moment
    dream, pipe dream, fantasy, figment of the imagination, unrealizable dream, castle in the air, castle in Spain
    wishful thinking
    fond hopes, wishes
    informal pie in the sky
verb ˈdeɪdriːmˈdeɪˌdrim
[no object]
  • Indulge in a daydream.

    stop daydreaming and pay attention
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She stopped daydreaming and realized she had about ten minutes left to get to the captain.
    • Have you ever daydreamed about how you would spend your money if you were one of the richest people in the world?
    • She closed her eyes and started daydreaming about Kyle and wondering if he would be at the party.
    • Although Ayman was an excellent student, he often seemed to be daydreaming in class.
    • Everyone said I was far too quiet, like I was always lost in my own world, daydreaming.
    • It didn't stop her from daydreaming though, that she could be the girl to help him love again.
    • Even so, she had never stopped wistfully daydreaming about what could have been, of the life she could have lived on Lothos.
    • She was daydreaming about her school back in California and what her friends were doing right then.
    • She was back at her home, daydreaming again when she was supposed to be practicing her flute.
    • I'd been daydreaming about it all week, and it was every bit as good as it always is.
    • How many times have you sat in your office, daydreaming about being on your boat instead of at work?
    • When he was 11, his teachers had to tell him to stop daydreaming about acting all the time and work harder at his studies.
    • I can't remember the last time I looked out the window, or daydreamed as I worked on my computer.
    • The truth of it is I'd rather be out in the fresh air on a lovely day, daydreaming in the sun.
    • Some were noisy, some were listening intently, and one seemed to be daydreaming.
    • In one, as yet unnamed piece, a woman sits languidly daydreaming, her leg dangling over John's fireplace.
    • Now they have lunch with each other, daydreaming like children about new lives as inventors, explorers and sportsmen.
    • In fact, just this morning, I organized a desk drawer, did two loads of clothes, emptied the dishwasher and daydreamed about Dayton in March.
    • I was never the kind of girl who daydreamed about married bliss anyway; I didn't have any model for that kind of thing.
    • She was still daydreaming when a loud rap at the wooden door shook her violently from her musings.
    Synonyms
    dream, muse, be lost in thought, be in a brown study, stare into space, hallucinate
    fantasize, indulge in fantasy, indulge in fancy, indulge in wool-gathering, be in cloud cuckoo land, be unrealistic, build castles in the air, build castles in Spain

Derivatives

  • daydreamer

  • noun ˈdeɪdriːməˈdeɪˌdrimər
    • You're quite a daydreamer and can be a hopeless romantic.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I've always been a realist, not a daydreamer.
      • He was often inattentive in his own schooling and was a habitual daydreamer.
      • However, we must not be daydreamers who choose to shun reality.
      • We've got very vivid imaginations, I think we're sort of daydreamers, the three of us.
      Synonyms
      dreamer, fantasist, fantasizer, romantic, romancer, wishful thinker, pipe-dreamer, castle-builder, Walter Mitty, idealist, impractical person, unrealistic person
      visionary, theorizer, utopian, Don Quixote
      rare fantast, reverist
 
 

Definition of daydream in US English:

daydream

nounˈdeɪˌdrimˈdāˌdrēm
  • A series of pleasant thoughts that distract one's attention from the present.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It is, they imagine, a place they'll only visit in their daydreams.
    • She smiled at her daydream hoping that things worked out exactly the way she imagined.
    • The booming of that door seemed to have woken me from a pleasant daydream, abruptly bringing cold reality back into sharp focus.
    • Someone's presence next to their table startled him from gold-laden daydreams and back into reality.
    • How many of our daydreams would darken into nightmares, were there any danger of their coming true.
    • Em scanned the schoolyard with drooped eyelids in a pleasant daydream trying to find a liable distraction.
    • A sweeping glance confirmed that no one needed my attention, and I returned to my daydreams.
    • With a sigh she turned her attentions inward once again, back to her own daydream.
    • I must look as though I'm stuck in a daydream, because Lake taps the desk to get my attention.
    • Her daydreams had no problems in them; they were daydreams after all.
    • Echo left her daydreams and focused back to the present.
    • Rard, jerked out of a pleasant daydream about Spooks, glared at the girls.
    • In her daydream, she imagined being in an airplane.
    • Beth gets Cal's attention away from his daydream and tells him she wants the family to go to London for Christmas this year.
    • Aim just sat there, still engrossed in her daydream with her muffin.
    • Reluctantly stirring from her very pleasant daydreams, Hope looked upwards and found Frank Metcalfe smiling down at her.
    • My daydream distracted me and I jumped when I noticed Red plop down in front of me.
    • As happens in daydreams, there is a happy ending.
    • For the rest of the class she stared absent-mindedly at the clock, lost in a daydream.
    • He had been pondering his next move all the academic day, drifting off into daydreams instead of paying attention in class.
    Synonyms
    reverie, trance, fantasy, vision, fancy, hallucination, musing, brown study, imagining
    dream, pipe dream, fantasy, figment of the imagination, unrealizable dream, castle in the air, castle in spain
verbˈdeɪˌdrimˈdāˌdrēm
[no object]
  • Indulge in daydreams.

    stop daydreaming and pay attention
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Have you ever daydreamed about how you would spend your money if you were one of the richest people in the world?
    • She was daydreaming about her school back in California and what her friends were doing right then.
    • Everyone said I was far too quiet, like I was always lost in my own world, daydreaming.
    • It didn't stop her from daydreaming though, that she could be the girl to help him love again.
    • Some were noisy, some were listening intently, and one seemed to be daydreaming.
    • Even so, she had never stopped wistfully daydreaming about what could have been, of the life she could have lived on Lothos.
    • I was never the kind of girl who daydreamed about married bliss anyway; I didn't have any model for that kind of thing.
    • The truth of it is I'd rather be out in the fresh air on a lovely day, daydreaming in the sun.
    • She closed her eyes and started daydreaming about Kyle and wondering if he would be at the party.
    • I can't remember the last time I looked out the window, or daydreamed as I worked on my computer.
    • Although Ayman was an excellent student, he often seemed to be daydreaming in class.
    • She was still daydreaming when a loud rap at the wooden door shook her violently from her musings.
    • Now they have lunch with each other, daydreaming like children about new lives as inventors, explorers and sportsmen.
    • When he was 11, his teachers had to tell him to stop daydreaming about acting all the time and work harder at his studies.
    • She was back at her home, daydreaming again when she was supposed to be practicing her flute.
    • How many times have you sat in your office, daydreaming about being on your boat instead of at work?
    • In one, as yet unnamed piece, a woman sits languidly daydreaming, her leg dangling over John's fireplace.
    • In fact, just this morning, I organized a desk drawer, did two loads of clothes, emptied the dishwasher and daydreamed about Dayton in March.
    • I'd been daydreaming about it all week, and it was every bit as good as it always is.
    • She stopped daydreaming and realized she had about ten minutes left to get to the captain.
    Synonyms
    dream, muse, be lost in thought, be in a brown study, stare into space, hallucinate
 
 
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