| 单词 | dream bringer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdream bringer C2. Objective, with agent nouns and present participles, as dream bringer, dream interpreter, dream maker; dream-haunting, dream-inducing, dream-making, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > dream > [noun] > study or interpretation of > one who studies or interprets dream readera1387 dream doctor1545 dream interpreter?1611 dream-tellera1641 oneirocritica1652 dream-speller1652 oneiropolist1652 oneiromancer1653 oneiromantist1653 oneirocrite1693 oneirologist1834 oneiroscopist1889 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > interpretation of dreams > [noun] > one who practises readerOE dream readera1387 conjectora1425 dream doctor1545 dream interpreter?1611 conjecturer1612 dream-tellera1641 oneirocritica1652 dream-speller1652 oneiropolist1652 oneiromancer1653 oneiromantist1653 oneirocrite1693 oneiroscopist1727 oneirologist1834 ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads i. 2 Let vs aske, some Prophet, Priest, or proue Some dreame interpreter [1598 interpretor of dreames, Gk. ὀνειροπόλον]..Why Phoebus is so much incenst? 1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xx. i.) 152 Simon Magus had his dream-haunting Devils..his familiars by whom he deluded men in their dreams. 1822 T. Mitchell in tr. Aristophanes Comedies II. 297 (note) The person here satirised seems to have been the diviner and dream-interpreter of that name. 1845 C. Norton Child of Islands 182 Thought, the great Dream-bringer, who joys and grieves Over the visions of her own creating. 1846 Monthly Relig. Mag. May 200 The past is a dream-haunting phantom. 1863 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 755 Work dropped from my hands, and dream-making began. 1918 Open Court Oct. 605 Then dream-loving human nature reasserted itself. 1972 Econ. Bot. 26 348/1 The dream-inducing qualities of plant-derived drugs. 1976 N. Botham & P. Donnelly Valentino xvii. 120 The Olympians of the dream-making industry were exposed as mere mortals. 1986 V. Hearne Adam's Task (1987) xi. 263 Children are encouraged to forget dream-mongering and grow up. 1992 Border Crossings Fall 12/1 Can you imagine what being brought up by an eccentric dream-believer was like? 2008 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 17 Feb. (Front section) 8 (advt.) I'm not just a travel agent. I'm a certified dream maker. I'm the person behind your travel plans. < as lemmas |
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