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单词 cloud-cuckoo-land
释义

cloud-cuckoo-land


cloud-cuckoo-land

(ˈklaʊdˌlænd) or

cloudland

na realm of fantasy, dreams, or impractical notions

cloud′-cuck`oo-land`



n. an idealized, illusory domain of imagination; cloudland. [1815–25; translation of Greek Nephelokokkȳgía, the realm that separates the gods from humankind in Aristophanes' The Birds]
Thesaurus
Noun1.cloud-cuckoo-land - an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with realityfictitious place, imaginary place, mythical place - a place that exists only in imagination; a place said to exist in fictional or religious writings
Translations

Cloud-cuckoo-land


Cloud-cuckoo-land (Nephelococcygia)

city in which all power is to be vested in the birds. [Gk. Drama: Aristophanes Birds]See: Birds

cloud-cuckoo-land


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Words related to cloud-cuckoo-land

noun an imaginary place where you say people are when they seem optimistically out of touch with reality

Related Words

  • fictitious place
  • imaginary place
  • mythical place
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