pipe dreamn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪp driːm/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪp ˌdrim/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pipe n.¹, dream n.²

Etymology: < pipe n.¹ + dream n.²; apparently with reference to the kind of visions experienced when smoking an opium pipe (see pipe n.¹ 27c).

Originally U.S.

An unrealistic or fanciful hope or scheme; a ‘castle in the air’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun]

castle in Spainc1400

reverie1477

brown studyc1555

castle in the skies1576

castle in the air1579

comedown1583

memento1587

towers in the air1599

daydream1651

dream1732

air castle1786

châteaux in air1793

chateau(x) en Espagne1834

cloud-castle1887

pipe dream1890

fantasy1926

1890 Chicago Tribune 11 Dec. ii. 9/3 It [sc. aerial navigation] has been regarded as a pipe-dream for a good many years.

1904 B. von Hutten Pam 238 Look at the sea, and tell me if, in your wildest pipe~dream, you ever saw anything lovelier.

1913 E. D. Biggers Seven Keys to Baldpate xiii. 169 And don't have any pipe-dreams about the law.

1937 John o' London's Weekly 26 Mar. 1/3 As my ideal library will never be anything but a pipe-dream, no great harm is done.

1959 Daily Tel. 4 Apr. 6 In that event, the Channel project would cease to be an engineers' pipe-dream.

1973 C. Egleton Seven Days to Killing xiv. 150 Streamlining..was pure Whitehall jargon... It implied increased efficiency at less cost and..that was just a pipe dream.

1995 Clothes Show Mag. Feb. 98/3 It's a month when a long-nurtured pipe dream can begin to turn into an exciting reality.

Derivatives

ˈpipe-dreamy adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [adjective] > of the nature of daydreams

castle-built1841

super-real1841

super-real1859

pipe-dreamy1899

superrealistic1925

surreal1937

1899 C. L. Cullen Tales of Ex-tanks 229 I'd write them up ornately, filling in all the bare spots with pipe-dreamy yarns.

1910 ‘O. Henry’ Whirligigs i. 12 La Paz is a good sort of a pipe-dreamy old hole.

1996 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 25 Feb. c11 Nobody is predicting anything as pipe-dreamy as a World Series, but for a change, the spring optimism has actual roots.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	pipe dream
释义	pipe dreamn. Brit. /ˈpʌɪp driːm/, U.S. /ˈpaɪp ˌdrim/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pipe n.¹, dream n.² Etymology: < pipe n.¹ + dream n.²; apparently with reference to the kind of visions experienced when smoking an opium pipe (see pipe n.¹ 27c). Originally U.S. An unrealistic or fanciful hope or scheme; a ‘castle in the air’. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] castle in Spainc1400 reverie1477 brown studyc1555 castle in the skies1576 castle in the air1579 comedown1583 memento1587 towers in the air1599 daydream1651 dream1732 air castle1786 châteaux in air1793 chateau(x) en Espagne1834 cloud-castle1887 pipe dream1890 fantasy1926 1890 Chicago Tribune 11 Dec. ii. 9/3 It [sc. aerial navigation] has been regarded as a pipe-dream for a good many years. 1904 B. von Hutten Pam 238 Look at the sea, and tell me if, in your wildest pipe~dream, you ever saw anything lovelier. 1913 E. D. Biggers Seven Keys to Baldpate xiii. 169 And don't have any pipe-dreams about the law. 1937 John o' London's Weekly 26 Mar. 1/3 As my ideal library will never be anything but a pipe-dream, no great harm is done. 1959 Daily Tel. 4 Apr. 6 In that event, the Channel project would cease to be an engineers' pipe-dream. 1973 C. Egleton Seven Days to Killing xiv. 150 Streamlining..was pure Whitehall jargon... It implied increased efficiency at less cost and..that was just a pipe dream. 1995 Clothes Show Mag. Feb. 98/3 It's a month when a long-nurtured pipe dream can begin to turn into an exciting reality. Derivatives ˈpipe-dreamy adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [adjective] > of the nature of daydreams castle-built1841 super-real1841 super-real1859 pipe-dreamy1899 superrealistic1925 surreal1937 1899 C. L. Cullen Tales of Ex-tanks 229 I'd write them up ornately, filling in all the bare spots with pipe-dreamy yarns. 1910 ‘O. Henry’ Whirligigs i. 12 La Paz is a good sort of a pipe-dreamy old hole. 1996 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 25 Feb. c11 Nobody is predicting anything as pipe-dreamy as a World Series, but for a change, the spring optimism has actual roots. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1890
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