pipe dreamingn.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪp driːmɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪp ˌdrimɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pipe dream n., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < pipe dream n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later pipe-dream v.

The action or habit of planning unrealistic or fanciful schemes.

ΘΚΠ

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

dreaminga1400

musardryc1450

musardy1481

wool-gathering1608

woolling1705

castle-building1740

aerial architecture1750

Alnascharism1812

daydreaming1816

pipe dreaming1902

1902 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 14 Aug. 6/6 The statement..might convict someone of pipe-dreaming.

a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. iv. 77 Pipe dreaming did not attract her; she was too fiercely bent upon..actual escape, to waste time in dreaming of ways of escape that she could never realize.

1976 Flintshire Leader 10 Dec. 1 Some of the council's figures relating to the Leisure Centre are an exercise in pipe dreaming.

2000 F. Keane Stranger's Eye 165 Was it pipe dreaming? I think the Nationalists were pretty good judges of the long-term British interest in Northern Ireland.

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

单词	pipe dreaming
释义	pipe dreamingn. Brit. /ˈpʌɪp driːmɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpaɪp ˌdrimɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pipe dream n., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < pipe dream n. + -ing suffix¹. Compare later pipe-dream v. The action or habit of planning unrealistic or fanciful schemes. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > daydream or reverie > [noun] > daydreaming dreaminga1400 musardryc1450 musardy1481 wool-gathering1608 woolling1705 castle-building1740 aerial architecture1750 Alnascharism1812 daydreaming1816 pipe dreaming1902 1902 Newark (Ohio) Advocate 14 Aug. 6/6 The statement..might convict someone of pipe-dreaming. a1911 D. G. Phillips Susan Lenox (1917) II. iv. 77 Pipe dreaming did not attract her; she was too fiercely bent upon..actual escape, to waste time in dreaming of ways of escape that she could never realize. 1976 Flintshire Leader 10 Dec. 1 Some of the council's figures relating to the Leisure Centre are an exercise in pipe dreaming. 2000 F. Keane Stranger's Eye 165 Was it pipe dreaming? I think the Nationalists were pretty good judges of the long-term British interest in Northern Ireland. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1902
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