pipe-dreamv.

Brit.

/ˈpʌɪpdriːm/, U.S.

/ˈpaɪpˌdrim/

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pipe dream n.

Etymology: < pipe dream n. Compare earlier pipedreamed adj., pipe-dreamer n., and pipe dreaming n.

intransitive. To fantasize; to make unrealistic plans; to hope for the impossible.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > indulge in fancy [verb (intransitive)]

to feign to oneself1377

feign1557

chimerize1651

wanton1794

fantasticate1880

pipe-dream1910

fantasize1926

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > optimism > be optimistic [verb (intransitive)] > unrealistically

pipe-dream1910

Micawber1963

1910 Daily Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) 8 Mar. 2/1 Jim Crosby was pipe-dreaming when he brought the rumour of reds in this vicinity into camp.

1939 A. Johnson in tr. A. Hitler Mein Kampf i. iii. 147 They might as well stop pipe-dreaming.

1946 C. Porter Lyrics (1983) 267/2 I'm Only wasting my time Pipe dreaming of you.

1984 New Yorker 25 June g1/2 When I asked him what the possibility was that he would switch, as the Hart forces hope, he replied as follows: ‘They are pipe-dreaming.’

2002 High Country News 10 June 10/3 I might be pipe-dreaming, but what other dream would somebody like to have?

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pipe-dream
释义	pipe-dreamv. Brit. /ˈpʌɪpdriːm/, U.S. /ˈpaɪpˌdrim/ Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: pipe dream n. Etymology: < pipe dream n. Compare earlier pipedreamed adj., pipe-dreamer n., and pipe dreaming n. intransitive. To fantasize; to make unrealistic plans; to hope for the impossible. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > fancy or fantastic notion > indulge in fancy [verb (intransitive)] to feign to oneself1377 feign1557 chimerize1651 wanton1794 fantasticate1880 pipe-dream1910 fantasize1926 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > optimism > be optimistic [verb (intransitive)] > unrealistically pipe-dream1910 Micawber1963 1910 Daily Press (Sheboygan, Wisconsin) 8 Mar. 2/1 Jim Crosby was pipe-dreaming when he brought the rumour of reds in this vicinity into camp. 1939 A. Johnson in tr. A. Hitler Mein Kampf i. iii. 147 They might as well stop pipe-dreaming. 1946 C. Porter Lyrics (1983) 267/2 I'm Only wasting my time Pipe dreaming of you. 1984 New Yorker 25 June g1/2 When I asked him what the possibility was that he would switch, as the Hart forces hope, he replied as follows: ‘They are pipe-dreaming.’ 2002 High Country News 10 June 10/3 I might be pipe-dreaming, but what other dream would somebody like to have? This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1910
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