单词	fantasize
释义	fantasizefan‧ta‧size (also fantasise British English) /ˈfæntəsaɪz/ verb [intransitive, transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE fantasize Simple Form Present I, you, we, they fantasize he, she, it fantasizes Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they fantasized Present perfect I, you, we, they have fantasized he, she, it has fantasized Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had fantasized Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will fantasize Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have fantasized Continuous Form Present I am fantasizing he, she, it is fantasizing you, we, they are fantasizing Past I, he, she, it was fantasizing you, we, they were fantasizing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been fantasizing he, she, it has been fantasizing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been fantasizing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be fantasizing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been fantasizing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES 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. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Alice stole one long drink before rolling over in the boundless bed, fantasizing it as an endless beach of white cloud. Some children even go beyond such fantasizing and actually run away in search of this ideal home. Thesaurus THESAURUS► imagine 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. ► visualize 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. ► picture 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. ► envisage 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. ► conceive of something 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. ► fantasize 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. ► daydream 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. ► hallucinate 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 Activatorto imagine something you want to do or want to happen► fantasize 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. ► daydream 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. ► dream 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. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► about · Which women do you fantasize about? to imagine that you are doing something which is very pleasant or exciting, but which is very unlikely to happen SYN  dreamfantasize about Sometimes she fantasized about buying a boat and sailing around the world.fantasize that I used to fantasize that my real parents were famous movie stars.► see thesaurus at imagine
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