单词 | to dream away |
释义 | > as lemmasto dream away to dream away transitive. To pass, spend, or waste (time, one's life, etc.) in dreaming or reverie. Also: to make (time) pass more quickly by dreaming. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > in some activity > in sleep or dreaming sleep1565 to dream away1600 sleep1623 doze1693 drowse1843 the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > drowsiness > make drowsy [verb (transitive)] > pass away (time) drowsily to dream out1579 drowse1598 to dream away1600 doze1693 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 8 Fower nights will quickly dreame away the time. View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. §116. 142 Whether he lazily and listlessly dreams away his time. 1781 W. Cowper Retirem. 467 To cross his ambling pony day by day, Seems at the best but dreaming life away. 1822 C. Lamb in London Mag. July 33/1 I dream away my life in others' speculations. 1889 J. K. Jerome Three Men in Boat i. 9 I..suggested that we should seek out some retired and old-world spot.., and dream away a sunny week among its drowsy lanes. 1915 Psychol. Clinic 15 Dec. 11 A domestic certificate..permits her to sit in her slovenly home and dream away the hours undisturbed. 1977 V. Setchkarev in A. Kingsford Introd. Russ. Lang. & Lit. (1981) vi. 158 An idealist who dreams his life away. 2005 Palm Beach Life Spring 42 (caption) If you visit in off-season..you can snag a bench along the water to dream the day away. < as lemmas |
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