daydream
noun[Cusually singular]
uk/ˈdeɪ.driːm/us/ˈdeɪ.driːm/aseriesofpleasantthoughtsabout something you wouldpreferto be doing or something you would like toachievein thefuture:
美梦,幻想,白日梦He neverpaidattentioninclassandseemedto bein apermanentdaydream.他在课堂上注意力总是不集中,好像一直在做白日梦似的。
I was justenjoyinga daydreamaboutwinningtheNobelPrize forliterature.我只不过在幻想着自己获得了诺贝尔文学奖。
Synonym
reverieliterary
Dreaming
- be hearing/imagining/seeing thingsidiom
- be miles awayidiom
- daydreamer
- daydreaming
- daze
- dream
- dreamscape
- fantasist
- fantasize
- hallucinate
- hallucination
- in a dreamidiom
- mile
- nightmare
- oneiric
- optical illusion
- out of itidiom
- redream
- reverie
- thing
daydream
verb[I]
uk/ˈdeɪ.driːm/us/ˈdeɪ.driːm/C1
tospendtimethinkingpleasantthoughtsabout something you wouldpreferto be doing or something you would like toachievein thefuture:
Stop daydreaming and do somework!
Theambitiousyoungsterspentanidlemomentdaydreaming about hisfuture.
- He sometimes daydreamed aboutmovingto Vermont andstartinga newlife.
- Often I justholdthebookI have taken and daydreaminstead.
- I'm just daydreaming ofbettertimes.
Dreaming
- be hearing/imagining/seeing thingsidiom
- be miles awayidiom
- daydreamer
- daydreaming
- daze
- dream
- dreamscape
- fantasist
- fantasize
- hallucinate
- hallucination
- in a dreamidiom
- mile
- nightmare
- oneiric
- optical illusion
- out of itidiom
- redream
- reverie
- thing