单词 | i would not dream of |
释义 | > as lemmasI (etc.) would not (also never) dream of (doing something) b. intransitive. With of, †on in same sense. I (etc.) would not (also never) dream of (doing something): I (etc.) have no intention of (acting in that way). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > form conception [verb (intransitive)] dreama1538 to conceive of1570 conceit1589 idea1844 ideate1862 the mind > mental capacity > belief > speculation > engage in speculation [verb (intransitive)] dreama1538 venture1559 speculatea1677 problemize1844 ideologize1846 a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 25 Jugyd happy & fortunate..though he never dreme of vertue. 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epist. 29 Weapons, whereof they neuer once drempt. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. B3 Vnstaind thoughts do seldom dream on euill. View more context for this quotation 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. v. 169 There are more things in heauen and earth Horatio, Then are Dream't of, in your philosophie. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 539 This is..not so much as dreamed on by Baronius. 1712 E. Budgell Spectator No. 506. ¶12 She has discovered..accomplishments in herself, which she never before once dreamed of. 1754 R. O. Cambridge Intruder 12 'Twas a plan I never dreamt on. 1766 G. Colman & D. Garrick Clandestine Marriage iv. 58 Thou art always dreaming of my intrigues, and never seest me badiner, but you suspect mischief. 1817 W. Godwin Mandeville II. vi. 115 Mine was pure, simple, undefecated rage, that did not dream of controling itself. 1884 G. Allen Philistia I. 167 I wouldn't dream of going to live in the place. 1914 Daily Express 2 Sept. 3/1 We were all beat up after four days of the hardest soldiering you ever dreamt of. 1985 D. Lucie Hard Feelings i. iii, in Progress & Hard Feelings 62/2 Rusty Look, don't put me off while I'm doing it, will you? Annie Wouldn't dream of it. 2010 Observer 17 Jan. (Mag.) 51/1 The sort of things they would never dream of telling their mothers about. < as lemmas |
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