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单词 daydream
释义
daydream1 verbdaydream2 noun
daydreamday‧dream1 /ˈdeɪdriːm/ ●○○ verb [intransitive] Verb Table
VERB TABLE
daydream
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theydaydream
he, she, itdaydreams
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theydaydreamed
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave daydreamed
he, she, ithas daydreamed
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad daydreamed
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill daydream
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have daydreamed
Continuous Form
PresentIam daydreaming
he, she, itis daydreaming
you, we, theyare daydreaming
PastI, he, she, itwas daydreaming
you, we, theywere daydreaming
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been daydreaming
he, she, ithas been daydreaming
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been daydreaming
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be daydreaming
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been daydreaming
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Almost anyone who has ever read a good book has daydreamed about writing his or her own best-seller.
  • At school, he was always being told to 'stop daydreaming'.
  • Blackthorne was sitting alone in a corner of the garden, daydreaming.
  • Carol sat at her desk, daydreaming about meeting Mel Gibson.
  • Colin began to daydream about what he would do if he won the lottery.
  • Daniel was a quiet child who daydreamed in class.
  • Many women daydream about having time to themselves.
  • Mark had begun to daydream, and didn't even hear the teacher's question.
  • When Charles tapped me on the shoulder I was daydreaming of golden beaches and palm trees.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • As children, we learn that we shouldn't daydream.
  • Irene daydreamed incessantly of hilly streets, cable cars, Chinatown and Rice-o-Roni.
  • The old hands were less excited and settled down to daydream the time away until supper.
  • These seem amazing facts in a country which daydreams about exporting its democracy.
  • This is a wonderful place to daydream and dawdle.
  • Those who have been daydreaming or carving their initials into the desktops sit up.
  • You crumple the paper and begin daydreaming to ease the frustration.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something might be like: · When I think of Honolulu, I imagine long white beaches and palm trees.· I can’t really imagine being a millionaire.
to form a picture of someone or something in your mind, especially something that is definitely going to happen or exist in the future: · Anna visualized meeting Greg again at the airport.· The finished house may be hard to visualize.
to form a clear picture of something or someone in your mind: · I can still picture my father, even though he died a long time ago.· The town was just how she had pictured it from his description.
especially British English, envision to imagine something as possible or likely to happen in the future: · How do you envisage your career developing over the next ten years?· They had envisioned the creation of a single armed force, small but efficient.
formal to imagine a situation, especially one that is difficult to imagine: · For many people, music is so important that they cannot conceive of life without it.
to imagine something exciting that you would like to happen, but that is very unlikely to happen: · I used to fantasize about becoming a film star.
to imagine pleasant things, so that you forget where you are and what you should be doing: · Mark began to daydream, and didn’t even hear the teacher’s question.
to imagine that you are seeing things that are not really there, especially because you are ill or have taken drugs: · The drug can cause some people to hallucinate.· When I saw the walls moving, I thought I must be hallucinating.
Longman Language Activatornot paying attention to what is happening
· What did the announcers just say? I wasn't paying attention.not pay attention to · When you're young, you don't pay attention to what your parents are saying half the time.
to not pay attention because you are thinking about pleasant things or imagining things that you would like to happen: · Blackthorne was sitting alone in a corner of the garden, daydreaming.daydream about: · Almost anyone who has ever read a good book has daydreamed about writing his or her own best-seller.
British informal to stop paying attention to something because you are bored, or to stop thinking about your work after you have finished in the evening and relax: · In the end I got sick of the conversation and switched off.· It's difficult for teachers to switch off when they go home at night.
British spoken to not be paying attention to anything or anyone around you and seem to be thinking about something very different: · Sorry, I was miles away. What did you say?· I don't mean to disturb you, you looked miles away -- but there's a call for you.
if your mind wanders you are no longer paying attention, usually because you are bored or because something is worrying you: · I tried hard to concentrate, but my mind kept wandering.your mind wanders to/from: · His mind wandered to the things he was trying not to think about.let your mind wander: · Corrinne let her mind wander back to the days when they first met.
someone who is inattentive does not pay attention to something when they are expected to: · Roger was hyperactive and inattentive as a child.· In spite of the inattentive servers and the bad decor, it's worth eating at Leon's for the great cheap food. inattentive to: · The government is still being accused of being inattentive to the plight of the Health Service.
if you lose your concentration , you stop being able to think carefully about what you are doing, for example because you are suddenly interrupted: · Sensing that the team was losing their concentration, Barret called a time out.· With too much homework, children may lose concentration and stop progressing.
to have a dream
· He had a dream in which he was running through the forest, being chased by a bear.have a dream about · I keep having the same dream about trying to get across a deep river.
past tense and past participle dreamt British or dreamed American to have a dream or have dreams: · Do animals dream?· I hoped that someone would wake me up, that I had only been dreaming.dream about/of: · I dreamt about you last night.· Stephanie often dreams of long sea journeys.dream (that): · I dreamed that I was lying on a beach in the Caribbean.· Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.
to think pleasant thoughts when you are awake and when you should be paying attention to something else: · At school, he was always being told to 'stop daydreaming'.daydream about: · Colin began to daydream about what he would do if he won the lottery.
to imagine something you want to do or want to happen
also fantasise British to think about something that you would like to do or that you would like to happen, especially when it is very unlikely that you will do it or that it will happen: fantasize about doing something: · I often fantasize about living in a big house with tennis courts and a swimming pool.· Many men fantasize about sleeping with someone who is not their partner.
to spend a short time imagining something pleasant, so that you forget where you are and what you are doing, especially when you are bored: · Mark had begun to daydream, and didn't even hear the teacher's question.daydream about/of: · Carol sat at her desk, daydreaming about meeting Mel Gibson.· When Charles tapped me on the shoulder I was daydreaming of golden beaches and palm trees.
to imagine something pleasant that you would like to do or to happen, especially if it is possible that it might happen: dream of/about: · When I was at college I dreamed of becoming a great novelist.· Going abroad for a holiday was something our grandparents could only dream about.dream (that): · Maura had never dreamt that she could feel like this.
 to think about something pleasant, especially when this makes you forget what you should be doing → dreamdaydream about What are you daydreaming about? There’s work to be done.► see thesaurus at imagine—daydreamer noun [countable]
daydream1 verbdaydream2 noun
daydreamdaydream2 noun [countable] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • I began to have daydreams about us being married.
  • Ingrid was brought out of her daydream by a shout from her mother.
  • Neil seemed lost in a daydream, and didn't hear what I said.
  • She was sitting at the back of the class, lost in a daydream.
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • It was a deliciously decadent daydream which stirred the blood, sending adrenalin pumping through his system.
  • Jolted from his daydreams, Lucien had time only to feel a rush of air as Amber Epipheny swept past him.
  • Something moved in the water and snapped me out of my daydream.
  • There are also fantasies where there is no serious desire for fulfilment, as in the manner of daydreams.
  • These stories and my daydreams underlined what was happening in Lobethal and elsewhere.
  • When he came out, he thought, he would sit in the driver's seat and allow himself a daydream.
Thesaurus
THESAURUSwhen you are sleeping
the thoughts, images, and feelings that go through your mind while you are asleep: · I had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of forest.
a very unpleasant and frightening dream: · She still has terrible nightmares about the accident.
a series of pleasant thoughts that go through your mind when you are awake, so that you do not notice what is happening around you: · Neil was in a daydream, and didn’t hear the teacher call his name.
formal a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming: · The doorbell rang, shaking her from her reverie.
Longman Language Activatora dream
a series of events that you seem to experience while you are asleep: · I never remember my dreams when I wake up.· When she woke, she found that it was all a dream.dream about: · None of my dreams are about work.have a dream: · I had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of tropical forest.bad dream (=an unpleasant or frightening dream): · The events of the past few days seemed like a bad dream.recurring dream (=a dream that you keep having): · When I was younger, I had recurring dreams in which I was constantly pursued by soldiers.
a very unpleasant and frightening dream: · He woke from a nightmare, trembling with fear.have a nightmare: · Years after the accident I still have nightmares about it.
a series of pleasant thoughts that you experience when you are awake, so that you do not notice what is happening around you: · Ingrid was brought out of her daydream by a shout from her mother.in a daydream: · Neil seemed lost in a daydream, and didn't hear what I said.
a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming: · The doorbell rang, shaking me from my reverie.· Sometimes he would drift off into reverie, and gaze out of the window for hours.
something that you imagine
not real, but existing only as a picture or idea in your mind: · When Linda was a child she had an imaginary friend called Booboo.· He pointed an imaginary gun at me and pretended to shoot.· Frankie was the kind of guy who lived in an imaginary world all of his own.
an exciting or enjoyable experience that you imagine happening to you, but which will probably never happen: · Everyone's fantasy is that one day they will win the National Lottery.live in a fantasy world (=to always be having fantasies): · My son seems to live in a fantasy world sometimes.
pleasant thoughts you have about something you would like to do, that make you forget where you are and what you are doing: · I began to have daydreams about us being married.· She was sitting at the back of the class, lost in a daydream.
something you see that does not really exist, especially something that you see because you are ill or have taken drugs: · I knew that what I had seen was a hallucination, but it was so real and frightening.have hallucinations: · Jamie lost two and a half stone in the next fortnight, couldn't eat and had hallucinations.
an image, especially a religious image, that you can see but which other people cannot: · Bernadette had a vision in which the Virgin Mary appeared before her.
 pleasant thoughts you have while you are awake that make you forget what you are doing → dream
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