| 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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