parallel universe
noun[C]
uk/ˌpær.ə.lel ˈjuː.nɪ.vɜːs/us/ˌper.ə.lel ˈjuː.nə.vɝːs/(instories) aworldthatexistsinadditionto, and is like, theworldthat weknow, but that is also different from it inimportantways:
（故事中的）平行世界The setting is amedievalEnglishvillagecalledWall, sonamedfor thewallthatseparatesthevillagersfrom Stormhold, theparalleluniversejust beyond it.故事发生在一个叫“墙村”的中世纪英国村庄里，之所以叫墙村，是因为有一堵高墙把村庄与墙另一边的平行宇宙“风暴禁域”分开。
animaginaryworldthat does not reallyexist:
"Themediaislivingin aparalleluniverse," he said. "In therealworld,peoplearenoticingthat things areimproving."
physicsspecialized
auniversethat mayexistinadditiontoourownuniverse, but that is notknown:
平行宇宙He was abrilliantphysicistwhopredictedtheexistenceofparalleluniverses.他是一位杰出的物理学家，预言了平行宇宙的存在。
- Officialsaimtocreatea "paralleluniverse" inside theprison, whereinmatesengagefull-timeinactivitiessimilarto those in theoutsideworld.
- Metropolis and Gotham City are theparalleluniversesinhabitedby D. C. Comics' Superman and Batman.
- Somephysicistsarguethatouruniverseis only one of as many as 10,500paralleluniverses, one in which thelawsofphysicshappento beconducivetoourexistence.
- A newtheorysuggestsaparalleluniversetriggeredtheBigBang.
Unreal things and unreality
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- cloud cuckoo land
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- dummy
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- falsity
- fantasy
- fictionalization
- figment
- la-la land
- make believephrase
- never-never land
- non-fact
- non-factual
- pie
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- unreality
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