| 单词 | dream on |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdream on P1. dream on: (in imperative) ‘keep on dreaming’, ‘carry on deluding yourself’; (now chiefly as a humorous or ironic comment on an aspiration thought unlikely to be fulfilled): ‘you might wish it, but in vain’; ‘some hope’ (cf. in your dreams at dream n.2 and adj. Phrases 8). ΚΠ 1759 A. Murphy Orphan of China ii. 15 Dream on, deluded tyrant; yes, dream on In blind security. 1859 Central Wisconsin (Wasau) 24 Mar. 1/6 ‘I want..a gentle, innocent, lily-bell sort of a creature, who will make me a wife..[but] I don't know myself what she is to be like.’ ‘Well, dream on, Frank; you are full of such odd, ridiculous notions, that it would be useless for us to try and convert you.’ 1930 F. Eastman Tinker 42 Jack: Here's what I see: a motor-cycle right now..—next summer Lake George and a motor boat—and then next autumn College!..David (laughing): Dream on! Dream on! 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed v. 41 ‘Dream on!’ I said... ‘What tells you I ever had a cooking spoon?’ 1988 J. McInerney Story of my Life vi. 106 Dean doesn't mind leaving early, though, because he thinks he's getting nooky. Dream on babe. 2004 J. Burchill Sugar Rush (2005) 209 I expect you're waiting for some sort of erotic-neurotic grand finale... Well, dream on. < as lemmas |
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