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单词 daydreaming
释义

daydream

1 of 2

noun

day·​dream ˈdā-ˌdrēm How to pronounce daydream (audio)
: a pleasant visionary usually wishful creation of the imagination
daydreamlike
ˈdā-ˌdrēm-ˌlīk How to pronounce daydream (audio)
adjective

daydream

2 of 2

verb

daydreamed; daydreaming; daydreams

intransitive verb

: to have a daydream
daydreamer noun

Synonyms

Noun

  • chimera
  • conceit
  • delusion
  • dream
  • fancy
  • fantasy
  • phantasy
  • figment
  • hallucination
  • illusion
  • nonentity
  • phantasm
  • fantasm
  • pipe dream
  • unreality
  • vision
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Example Sentences

Noun I drifted off in a daydream during the class. hoped that one day world peace would be a reality and not just a daydream Verb Instead of studying, he spent the afternoon daydreaming about his vacation.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In that moment, everyone in the room was living her daydream. Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 June 2022 His plans destroyed, Clark, the patriarch of the family, snaps, and things veer completely off the rails, going from vacation daydream to vacation nightmare. Jen Doll, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2022 The Devil Wears Prada fueled many a fashion daydream during the early 2000s and to this day remains a beloved classic. Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 June 2022 Casey McQuiston burst onto the scene with this fizzy daydream of a rom-com about the U.S. President's son, Alex, and the Prince of Wales, Henry, and their unexpected romance. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 9 June 2022 Portorosso, the fictional setting of the new Pixar movie, Luca, is a bright daydream of Italy. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 17 June 2021 In the video, Lane lives out this nostalgic daydream. Jon Freeman, Rolling Stone, 2 June 2022 Hjerpe is three weekends away from living out that daydream. oregonlive, 24 May 2022 This success — 28 wins in their final 35 games, blowout after blowout down the stretch, a final tally of 51 wins and the second seed in the Eastern Conference — still feels sudden, a little like a daydream. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2022
Verb
Finding herself anew, Alice begins to daydream of leaving her lawyering days behind. Manuel Betancourt, Variety, 8 Aug. 2022 This is one path to the future; another, Glenn Martens’s version, leads out of tumult and into the shady, secluded spot where a designer can fiddle around and daydream. Maya Singer, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2022 Indeed, as the calendar creeps past Memorial Day toward the solstice and beyond, many of us feel the pull of wanderlust or daydream about stealing a piece for ourselves of the radiant endless summer that our city’s boosters promote. Jim Millercommunity Voices Contributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2022 As the summer months approach, travelers daydream about their vacations. Laken Brooks, USA TODAY, 17 May 2022 The multiverse is a fascinating idea to daydream about — and, along with simulation theory, may be on track to become something like an agnostic, nihilism-friendly new religion. John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 May 2022 Anytime the temperature dips below freezing is a good time to daydream about the Caribbean. Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Jan. 2022 To have visited the Middle Fork is to be cursed to daydream forever about returning to the Middle Fork. Christopher Solomon, Travel + Leisure, 20 Mar. 2022 But that doesn't mean the three don't daydream about a reunion one day. CNN, 14 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1651, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1820, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

daydream 1 of 2

noun

day·​dream ˈdā-ˌdrēm How to pronounce daydream (audio)
: a person's pleasant and usually wishful thoughts about life

daydream

2 of 2

verb

daydreamed; daydreaming
: to think pleasant and usually wishful thoughts while awake He spent class daydreaming about vacation.

Medical Definition

daydream

noun

day·​dream ˈdā-ˌdrēm How to pronounce daydream (audio)
: a visionary creation of the imagination experienced while awake
especially : a gratifying reverie usually of wish fulfillment

daydreaming 1 of 3

noun

as in trance
the state of being lost in thought if you're bored while traveling, daydreaming is a perfectly normal state to be in, regardless of what the road signs say

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • trance
  • daydream
  • study
  • contemplation
  • reverie
  • woolgathering
  • meditation
  • dream
  • revery
  • musing
  • absentmindedness
  • preoccupation
  • vision
  • absorption
  • abstraction
  • fantasy
  • hallucination
  • delusion
  • unreality
  • illusion
  • phantasy
  • chimera
  • pipe dream
  • figment
  • fantasm
  • phantasm
  • conceit
  • fancy

daydreaming

2 of 3

adjective

as in dreaming

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • dreaming
  • dreamy
  • engrossed
  • absorbed
  • preoccupied
  • pensive
  • faraway
  • intent
  • rapt
  • absentminded
  • distracted
  • absent
  • abstracted
  • oblivious
  • unaware
  • unconscious
  • inattentive
  • forgetting
  • unmindful
  • unthinking
  • heedless
  • unknowing
  • unheeding
  • forgetful
  • dazed
  • scatterbrained
  • unfocused
  • unwitting
  • confused
  • bewildered
  • clueless
  • befuddled
  • bemused
  • foggy
  • vacant
  • muddled
  • unperceptive
  • unwary
  • hazy
  • flighty
  • unfocussed
  • befogged
  • insensible
  • birdbrained

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • alert
  • engaged
  • conscious
  • observing
  • aware
  • mindful
  • watchful
  • wary
  • vigilant
  • attentive
  • alive
  • observant
  • sharp
  • heedful
  • open-eyed
  • wide-awake
  • clearheaded
  • heads-up
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daydreaming

3 of 3

verb

present participle of daydream
as in fantasizing

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • dreaming
  • fantasizing
  • envisioning
  • fantasying
  • stargazing
  • imagining
  • visualizing
  • visioning
  • hallucinating
  • envisaging
  • fancying
  • picturing
  • reminiscing
  • musing
  • ruminating
  • ideating
  • conceiving
  • reliving
  • pondering
  • reflecting
  • conceiting
  • meditating
  • imaging
  • featuring
  • planning
  • contemplating
  • seeing
  • recreating
  • inventing
  • concocting
  • manufacturing
  • projecting
  • conjuring (up)
  • re-creating
  • foreseeing
  • fabricating
  • making up
  • prefiguring
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