American English uses the form dreamed as the past tense and past participle. British English uses either dreamed or dreamt. 美国英语中 dream 的过去式和过去分词形式均为 dreamed,英国英语中则是dreamed 和 dreamt均可。
1 N-COUNT 梦 A
dream is an imaginary series of events that you experience in your mind while you are asleep.
梦 2 VERB 做梦;梦见;梦到 When you
dream, you experience imaginary events in your mind while you are asleep.
做梦;梦见;梦到 [Also VERB] SYN have dreams, have a dream, have nightmares, have a nightmare
3 N-COUNT 梦想;幻想;愿望 You can refer to a situation or event as a
dream if you often think about it because you would like it to happen.
梦想;幻想;愿望 -
He had finally accomplished his dream of becoming a pilot.
他最终实现了成为一名飞行员的梦想。
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My dream is to have a house in the country.
我梦想在乡间拥有一栋房子。
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You can make that dream come true.
你可以让那个梦想实现。
4 VERB 梦想;渴望 If you often think about something that you would very much like to happen or have, you can say that you
dream of it.
梦想;渴望 -
As a schoolgirl, she had dreamed of becoming an actress. [V + of/about]
她上学时曾梦想成为一名女演员。
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For most of us, a brand new designer kitchen is something we can only dream about. [V + of/about]
对我们大多数人来说,一间崭新的由著名设计师设计的厨房只能是一种梦想。
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I dream that my son will attend college and find a good job. [VERB that]
我希望儿子能上大学并找到一份好工作。
5 ADJ [ADJ n] 理想的;梦幻般的;完美的 You can use
dream to describe something that you think is ideal or perfect, especially if it is something that you thought you would never be able to have or experience.
理想的;梦幻般的;完美的 6 N-SING 理想;夙愿;梦寐以求的事物 If you describe something as
a particular person's
dream, you think that it would be ideal for that person and that he or she would like it very much.
理想;夙愿;梦寐以求的事物 7 N-SING 美妙的事;美好的事 If you say that something is
a dream, you mean that it is wonderful.
美妙的事;美好的事 [informal] 8 N-COUNT [usually singular] 空想;胡思乱想 You can refer to a situation or event that does not seem real as a
dream, especially if it is very strange or unpleasant.
空想;胡思乱想 9 VERB [with neg] 绝不;无论如何也不 If you say that you
would not dream of doing something, you are emphasizing that you would never do it because you think it is wrong or is not possible or suitable for you.
绝不;无论如何也不 [emphasis] 10 VERB 想到;料到 If you say that you
never dreamed that something would happen, you are emphasizing that you did not think that it would happen because it seemed very unlikely.
想到;料到 [emphasis] -
I never dreamed that I would be able to afford a home here. [VERB that]
我从没想到我在这儿能买得起房子。
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Who could ever dream of a disaster like this?. [VERB + of]
谁能想到会发生这样的灾难?
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I find life more charming and more astonishing than I'd ever dreamed. [VERB]
我发现生活比我想象的更迷人、更不可思议。
12 PHRASE 痴心妄想 If you tell someone to
dream on, you mean that something they are hoping for is unlikely to happen.
痴心妄想 -
'Perhaps one day I may go on a relaxing holiday.' — 'Yeah, dream on.'
“也许有一天我可以享受一个放松身心的假期。”—“是啊,你就做梦吧。”
13 PHRASE 心不在焉;梦游般地 If you say that you are
in a dream, you mean that you do not concentrate properly on what you are doing because you are thinking about other things.
心不在焉;梦游般地 14 PHRASE 梦幻般地;美妙地;完美地 If you say that someone does something
like a dream, you think that they do it very well. If you say that something happens
like a dream, you mean that it happens successfully without any problems.
梦幻般地;美妙地;完美地 15 PHRASE 理想中的;完美的 If you describe someone or something as the person or thing
of your
dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
理想中的;完美的 16 PHRASE (强调极为奇怪或完全不可能)再怎么想也 If you say that you could not imagine a particular thing
in your
wildest dreams, you are emphasizing that you think it is extremely strange or unlikely.
(强调极为奇怪或完全不可能)再怎么想也 [emphasis] 17 PHRASE 超出想象的;比希望中要好的 If you describe something as being
beyond your
wildest dreams, you are emphasizing that it is better than you could have imagined or hoped for.
超出想象的;比希望中要好的 [emphasis] Quotations
Your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions Bible: Joel We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep William Shakespeare The Tempest I talk of dreams;
Which are the children of an idle brain,
Begot of nothing but vain fantasy William Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams Ralph Waldo Emerson Journals I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood Martin Luther King speech at 1963 Civil Rights March ThesaurusWord Partnership
Thesaurus | dream Also look up: |
N. | nightmare, reverie, vision 1 ambition, aspiration, design, hope, wish 3 |
VERB. | hope, long for, wish 4 |
Word Partnership | Use dream with: |
VERB. | have a dream 1 fulfill a dream, pursue a dream, realize a dream 3 |
N. | dream interpretation 1 dream holiday, dream home 5 |
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