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- dream [drɪm] [drɪːm]
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- 1. noun 梦
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2.
noun
出神，沉思；梦似的心境
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3.
noun
梦想，幻想，空想，白日梦
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4.
noun
梦一般美好的事物，美景，美梦
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5.
noun
愿望，抱负，理想
- 6. vi. 梦，做梦；梦见，梦到
- 7. vi. 梦想，空想，幻想，白日做梦
- 8. vi. 认为…是可能（或合意）的（of）
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9.
vt.
做（梦）
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10.
vt.
梦见；梦到
- Did I really buy meat at the store or just dreamt it?
- 我是真在那家店买了肉，还是只在梦中买了？
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11.
vt.
在空想中度过（时间），虚度（光阴）（与away或out连用）
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12.
vt.
想象，臆想，设想，料想，猜想
- 13. adjective 理想的，幻想的，梦想的；不切实际的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- dream [driːm]
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1.
n
mental activity, usually in the form of an imagined series of events, occurring during certain phases of sleep
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2.
n
(as modifier)
- a dream sequence
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3.
n
(in combination)
- dreamland
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4.
n
a sequence of imaginative thoughts indulged in while awake; daydream; fantasy
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5.
n
(as modifier)
- a dream world
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6.
n
a person or thing seen or occurring in a dream
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7.
n
a cherished hope; ambition; aspiration
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8.
n
a vain hope
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9.
n
a person or thing that is as pleasant, or seemingly unreal as a dream
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10.
vb
[may take a clause as object]
to undergo or experience (a dream or dreams)
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11.
vi.
[intr]
to indulge in daydreams
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12.
vi.
[intr]
to suffer delusions; be unrealistic
- you're dreaming if you think you can win
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13.
vi.
[
when intr,foll by ofor about] to have an image (of) or fantasy (about) in or as if in a dream -
14.
vi.
[intr;
foll by of] to consider the possibility (of)- I wouldn't dream of troubling you
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15.
vi.
See also dream up
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16.
adj
too good to be true; ideal
- dream kitchen
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17.
adj
[Etymology]
Old English dr
e am song; related to Old High German troum, Old Norse draumr, Greek thrulos noise
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1.
n
mental activity, usually in the form of an imagined series of events, occurring during certain phases of sleep
Examples
- her dream house
- 她梦寐以求的那种房子
- to read a dream
- 详梦 → read
- I wouldn't dream of going.
- 我做梦也不会想到去。 → dream
- My dream is to study abroad but it is too expensive.
- 我的梦想是去海外留学，但这太昂贵了。 → abroad
- My dream is to have a big house among peach trees.
- 我的梦想就是在桃林间拥有一座大房子。
- This is a real experience, not a dream.
- 这是一次真实的经历，不是在做梦。 → real
- He was happy to sense that his dream was within reach.
- 感觉自己的梦想马上就可以实现了，他非常开心。
- His dream is to become a director.
- 他的梦想是成为一名导演。
- I had a very bad dream about you the other day.
- 前几天我做了一个关于你的恶梦。 → dream
- They worked so hard to build their dream house.
- 他们努力工作，共建自己梦想中的家园。 → dream
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