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单词 castle in the air
释义

castle in the air

noun phrase

variants or less commonly castle in Spain
: an impracticable project : daydream

Word History

First Known Use

1566, in the meaning defined above

castle in the air

phrase

as in dream
a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality He would work tirelessly to prove to his father that his dreams of becoming a professional painter were more than a castle in the air.

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • dream
  • idea
  • fantasy
  • pipe dream
  • daydream
  • castle in Spain
  • fantasm
  • vision
  • chimera
  • delusion
  • illusion
  • figment
  • hallucination
  • unreality
  • mirage
  • phantasm
  • conceit
  • ignis fatuus
  • nightmare
  • nonentity
  • fancy
  • fiction
  • invention
  • fabrication
  • concoction
  • fable
  • brainchild
  • visualization
  • cloudland
  • will-o'-the-wisp
  • utopia
  • envisaging
  • Shangri-la
  • daymare
  • cloud-cuckoo-land
  • imaging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • fact
  • actuality
  • reality
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