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单词 dreamlike
释义
dreamlike
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adj

Something that's dreamlike feels like a dream, or seems unreal. The empty city streets just after a snowstorm can seem dreamlike.
A dreamlike story is odd and a little surreal — for example, the story of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" is dreamlike, with talking animals and playing cards and drinks that make Alice become larger and smaller. Being at your school on the weekend, when no one else is there, is dreamlike, and winning the lottery would probably feel a little dreamlike too.
WORD FAMILY
dream: dreamed, dreamer, dreamfully, dreaming, dreamless, dreamlike, dreams, dreamt, dreamy+/dreamed: undreamed/dreamer: dreamers/dreaming: dreamings/dreamless: dreamlessly/dreamt: undreamt/dreamy: dreamier, dreamiest, dreamily, dreaminess
USAGE EXAMPLES
Last year’s vastly underrated Joy succeeded by embracing dreamlike whimsy over formula.
The Guardian(Dec 12, 2016)
Filled with lush, dreamlike shots, the show often resembles a music video.
The New Yorker(Dec 04, 2016)
Partly, it seems, the Chinese corporate tourists are beguiled by the Valley’s dreamlike promises of changing the world and growing filthy rich almost overnight.
New York Times(Dec 05, 2016)
adj resembling a dream
night invested the lake with a dreamlike quality
Syn
surreal
unreal
not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary
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