单词 | dream-fabric |
释义 | > as lemmasdream-fabric dream-fabric n. an insubstantial or vague idea, concept, etc. ΚΠ 1845 ‘Young England’ Tracts for Manhood: On Regeneration 29 There is yet hope..unless, indeed, this Brotherhood be after all a Chimera—a baseless dream-fabric—having no root whatever in the soul of man. 2007 M. Doody Tropic of Venice iv. 124 Its [sc. Venice's] goods..offer a heightening of imagination, a dream-fabric rather than solidity. < as lemmas |
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