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dreamtime

/dreem-tahym/US // ˈdrimˌtaɪm //UK // (ˈdriːmtaɪm) //

梦中时光,梦境,梦中的时光,梦中

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the ancient time of the creation of all things by sacred ancestors, whose spirits continue into the present, as conceived in Australian Aboriginal mythology.

Examples

  • Living in a sort of dreamtime characterizes experience now, as the Moon is void-of-course a few times this week.

  • The evidence of the Arunta legends as to the customs of the Alcheringa, or 'dreamtime,' is 'such stuff as dreams are made of.'