| 单词 | castle-building | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈcastle-ˌbuilding   ˈcastle-ˌbuilding n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > 			[adjective]		 dreaminga1500 castle-building1740 daydreaming1814 daydreamyc1816 wool-gathering1850 head-in-air1880 Walter Mittyish1954 Mittyish1956 Mittyesque1958 Mitty-like1961 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > 			[noun]		 > daydreaming dreaminga1400 musardryc1450 musardy1481 wool-gathering1608 woolling1705 castle-building1740 aerial architecture1750 Alnascharism1812 daydreaming1816 pipe dreaming1902 1740    G. Cheyne Ess. Regimen Pref. 7  				Enthusiasm, Romanceing, and Castle-building. 1750    Student 1 No. 6. 223  				Castle-building, or the science of aerial architecture. 1833    H. Martineau Berkeley the Banker  i. i. 11  				The castle-building father bestowed almost all his thoughts for the next half-hour on the new rector. 1850    C. Kingsley Alton Locke II. v. 55  				As I lay castle-building. a1856    W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics 		(1859)	 II. xxxiii. 272  				Reverie or Castle-building, is a kind of waking dream. < as lemmas  | 
	
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