| 单词 | john-a-dreams |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJohn-a-dreams John-a-dreams n. (a generic name for) a person given to daydreaming or idle meditation; a dreamer, a fantasist. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] > one who daydreams musardc1330 John-a-dreams1603 air-monger1628 castle-builder1711 daydreamer1750 castle-hunter1752 Alnaschar1800 reverist1824 stargazer1843 Johnny Head-in-the-Air?1851 pipe-dreamer1899 head-in-air1932 Walter Mitty1947 Mitty1953 1603 W. Shakespeare Hamlet ii. ii. 594 I like to an asse and Iohn a Dreames. 1668 J. Ogilby Æsopic's xxviii. 70 Dull Earthen Clod, that stand'st like John a Dreams, O'r Rocks and Mountains Art will carry Streams. 1839 Court & Lady's Mag. Oct. 425/2 What muse ye on with such a John-a-dreams air? 1914 Canton (Ohio) Daily News 19 May 9/6 As for what you say happened on some steamer—why, you are John-a-Dreams. 2008 Independent (Nexis) 21 June 42 Every John-a-dreams is a tycoon or a second-hand diva today. < as lemmas |
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