| 单词 | dream |
| 释义 | dream —dreamful, adj. —dreamfully, adv. —dreamfulness, n. —dreamingly, adv. —dreamlike, adj. /dreem/, n. , v. , dreamed or dreamt, dreaming, adj. n. 1. a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep. 2. the sleeping state in which this occurs. 3. an object seen in a dream. 4. an involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake. 5. a vision voluntarily indulged in while awake; daydream; reverie. 6. an aspiration; goal; aim: A trip to Europe is his dream. 7. a wild or vain fancy. 8. something of an unreal beauty, charm, or excellence. v.i. 9. to have a dream. 10. to indulge in daydreams or reveries: He dreamed about vacation plans when he should have been working. 11. to think or conceive of something in a very remote way (usually fol. by of): I wouldn't dream of asking them. v.t. 12. to see or imagine in sleep or in a vision. 13. to imagine as if in a dream; fancy; suppose. 14. to pass or spend (time) in dreaming (often fol. by away): to dream away the afternoon. 15. dream up, to form in the imagination; devise: They dreamed up the most impossible plan. adj. 16. most desirable; ideal: a dream vacation. [1200-50; ME dreem, OE dream joy, mirth, gladness, c. OS drom mirth, dream, ON draumr, OHG troum dream; modern sense first recorded in ME but presumably also current in OE, as in OS] Syn. 1. DREAM, NIGHTMARE, and VISION refer to the kinds of mental images that form during sleep. DREAM is the general term for any such succession of images. A NIGHTMARE is a dream that brings fear or anxiety: frightened by a nightmare. VISION refers to a series of images of unusual vividness, clarity, order, and significance, sometimes seen in a dream. |
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