| 单词 | pipe dream |
| 释义 | pipe dreamSEE SYNONYMS FOR pipe dream ON THESAURUS.COM nounany fantastic notion, hope, or story: Her plans for a movie career are just a pipe dream. Origin of pipe dreamAn Americanism dating back to 1895–1900 Words nearby pipe dreampipe clay, pipe cleaner, pipe cutter, piped music, pipe down, pipe dream, pipefish, pipe fitter, pipe fitting, pipeful, pipe jacking Definition for pipe dream (2 of 2)pipe-dream [ pahyp-dreem ] / ˈpaɪpˌdrim / verb (used without object), pipe-dreamed or pipe-dreamt, pipe-dream·ing.to indulge in pipe dreams; fantasize. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for pipe dreamBritish Dictionary definitions for pipe dreampipe dream nouna fanciful or impossible plan or hope Word Origin for pipe dreamalluding to dreams produced by smoking an opium pipe Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with pipe dreampipe dream A fantastic notion or vain hope, as in I'd love to have one home in the mountains and another at the seashore, but that's just a pipe dream. Alluding to the fantasies induced by smoking an opium pipe, this term has been used more loosely since the late 1800s. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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