单词 | i never dreamed that |
释义 | > as lemmasI (etc.) never dreamed that —— a. transitive. Originally: to believe (something false). Later (now chiefly): to think or believe (something implausible or unlikely) to be true or possible; to consider, contemplate; to entertain the thought of. Now chiefly in negative or interrogative constructions with clause as object, as I (etc.) never dreamed that ——, who would have dreamed that ——?. ΚΠ a1425 (?c1384) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 355 Ȝit eche preest..shulde have power to do good..but not so myche as here is dremed. 1535 J. Husee Let. 11 Dec. in Lisle Papers (P.R.O.: SP 3/12/63) f. 69v He that shewed your ladiship that Mr. Basset was at London I thinck dremyd the same by the way, assuryng your ladiship that he was not here syns Bartholomew tyde. 1577 T. Vautrollier tr. M. Luther Comm. Epist. to Galathians (new ed.) f. 260 The Papistes dreamed that this commaundement belongeth onely to their Cleargymen. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 197 They are farre out of the waie, that dreame in the mysticall bread and wine, a bodilie presence. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iii. iii. 81 Nor Cymbeline dreames that they are aliue. View more context for this quotation 1617 Sir J. Fitzedmond in Lismore Papers (1887) 2nd Ser. II. 83 I neuer thought or dreamed the like to doe. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 165 [We] never dreamt that there was any thing of value within it. a1718 H. Needler Wks. (1724) 58 This strange Eclipse, against Heav'n's sacred Laws, Astronomers admire, but little dream the Cause. 1782 W. Cowper Progress of Error in Poems 71 Some dream that they can silence when they will The storm of passion. 1856 Peterson's Mag. Dec. 377/1 I would have told you before if I had dreamed that you cared for me, Harry. 1892 E. Arnold Potiphar's Wife 96 That purple-winged hen-starling..Flies with a fat grub to her nested darling, Nor dreams to pouch it! 1922 Daily Mail 3 Nov. 15 I never dreamt the little blighter would go off in such a hurry. 1987 E. E. Smith Miss Melville Returns (1988) iv. 25 Who would have dreamed that the weedy, rather obnoxious adolescent could have developed into this suave, distinguished-looking scholar. 2003 Adirondack Life Nov. 25/3 Northup never dreamed he was in danger. < as lemmas |
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