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dreaming

/dreem/US // drim //UK // (driːm) //

做梦,做梦的时候,作梦,做梦吧

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a succession of images, thoughts, or emotions passing through the mind during sleep.
    • : the sleeping state in which this occurs.
    • : an object seen in a dream.
    • : an involuntary vision occurring to a person when awake.
    • : a vision voluntarily indulged in while awake; daydream; reverie.
    • : an aspiration; goal; aim: A trip to Europe is his dream.
    • : a wild or vain fancy.
    • : something of an unreal beauty, charm, or excellence.
v.无主动词 verb
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    dreamed or dreamt, dream·ing.

    • : to have a dream.
    • : to indulge in daydreams or reveries: He dreamed about vacation plans when he should have been working.
    • : to think or conceive of something in a very remote way: I wouldn't dream of asking them.
v.有主动词 verb
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    dreamed or dreamt, dream·ing.

    • : to see or imagine in sleep or in a vision.
    • : to imagine as if in a dream; fancy; suppose.
    • : to pass or spend in dreaming: to dream away the afternoon.
adj.形容词 adjective
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    • : most desirable; ideal: a dream vacation.
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    • : dream up, to form in the imagination; devise: They dreamed up the most impossible plan.

Phrases

  • dream come true, a
  • dream up
  • pipe dream
  • sweet dreams
  • wouldn't dream of

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Anger Is an Energy is a tremendously entertaining read, and I urge everyone to pick up a copy and start dreaming again.

  • “The first time I saw Glacier National Park, it was the magical fantasy land I had always been dreaming about,” says Chin.

  • How many more “bedroom radicals” like Aqsa may be dreaming of such exploits is, at this point, impossible to say.

  • A 55-year-old tourist died of a heart attack while dreaming of his hometown, Briansk.

  • Eighty-nine percent occurred when the person was awake, rather than dreaming or dozing.

  • Miss Anne smiled kindly, not dreaming of his perplexity, amused by his Southern warmth.

  • She thought, knowing Janet to be at liberty and never dreaming that she would refuse: "I am saved--for the present."

  • It was lying sound asleep on a mud-bank, not dreaming, doubtless, of the daring bipeds who were about to disturb its repose.

  • I felt myself quite the enchanted princess and put in most of my time dreaming about the prince.

  • Not long—it set me dreaming though, and a very romantic dream it was, worthy of Ethel herself.