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单词 dwam
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Definition of dwam in English:

dwam

noundwɑːm
Scottish
  • A state of semi-consciousness or reverie.

    lying in bed, in the dwam before sleep
    he had brooded himself into a black dwam
    Example sentencesExamples
    • His left-foot drive caught Gordon Marshall in a dwam of indecision and the goalkeeper's effort could only aid the progress of the ball over the line.
    Synonyms
    reverie, trance, fantasy, vision, fancy, hallucination, musing, brown study, imagining

Origin

Early 16th century: from the Germanic base of dwell; compare with Middle Dutch dwelm 'stupefaction', also with Old English dwolma 'confusion'.

 
 
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