| 单词 | dream |
| 释义 | Word family noun dream dreamer adjective dream dreamless dreamy verb dream adverb dreamily dream1 /driːm/ ●●● S2 W2 noun [countable] 1 while sleeping 睡着时DREAM a series of thoughts, images, and feelings that you experience when you are asleep 梦 → daydream I had lots of dreams last night. 昨晚我做了很多梦。dream about a dream about drowning 溺水的梦in a dream In my dream I flew to a forest of enormous trees. 我在梦中飞到了一片生长着巨树的森林里。2 wish 愿望HOPE a wish to do, be, or have something – used especially when this seems unlikely 梦想，愿望，理想 Her dream is to make a movie. 她的梦想是要拍一部电影。dream of (doing) something She had dreams of university. 她的梦想是上大学。fulfil/realize a dream I fulfilled a childhood dream when I became champion. 我成为冠军，圆了我儿时的梦。 I have just met the man of my dreams (=the perfect man)! 我刚刚遇到了我梦中的白马王子！beyond your wildest dreams (=better than anything you imagined or hoped for) 做梦也想不到3 dream house/home/job etc something that seems perfect to someone 梦想中的房屋/家/工作等 I’ve finally found my dream house. 我终于找到了理想中的房子。 Win a dream holiday for two in San Francisco! 来赢取旧金山双人梦幻假期大奖啦！4 in a dream IMAGINEhaving a state of mind in which you do not notice or pay attention to things around you 魂不守舍，心不在焉 Ruth went about her tasks in a dream. 露丝神思恍惚地做着事情。5 be a dream come true WANTif something is a dream come true, it happens after you have wanted it to happen for a long time 梦想成真 Marriage to her is a dream come true. 结婚对她来说是梦想成真了。6 like a dream EFFECTIVEextremely well or effectively 好极了；非常有效 The plan worked like a dream. 这个计划进行得非常顺利。7 be/live in a dream world IMAGINEto have ideas or hopes that are not correct or likely to happen 生活在梦幻世界 If you think that all homeless people have it as easy as me, then you are living in a dream world. 如果你认为所有无家可归的人都能像我那样轻松自在，那你就想得太美了。8 be a dream be perfect or very desirable 很完美，非常理想 Her latest boyfriend is an absolute dream. 她的新任男友非常理想。 Some performers are a dream to work with; others are not. 有些演员合作起来很愉快，但有些却不行。somebody’s dream (=something someone would really like) 某人的理想之物 She’s every adolescent schoolboy’s dream. 她是每一个青春期男生的梦中女神。9 in your dreams spokenIMAGINE used to say in a rude way that something is not likely to happen 痴心妄想，在做梦〔表示某事不可能发生〕 ‘I’m going to ask her to go out with me.’ ‘In your dreams!’ “我要约她出来。” “做你的梦吧！” COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 1: a series of thoughts, images, and feelings that you experience when you are asleep 梦verbshave a dream 做梦I had a dream about you last night. 昨晚我梦到了你。adjectivesa bad dream (=unpleasant or frightening) 噩梦The movie gave the kids bad dreams. 那部影片让小孩子做噩梦。a strange/weird dream 怪梦Sometimes I have a strange dream in which I try to speak but I can’t. 有时候我会做怪梦,梦见自己张嘴却不能说话。a vivid dream (=very clear) 逼真的梦nIn a vivid dream he saw a huge coloured bird flying above his head.a recurrent/recurring dream (=that you have many times) 反复出现的梦nHaving recurrent dreams is a very common experience.phrasesbe/seem like a dream (=seem unreal) 就像是做梦That summer was so wonderful it seemed like a dream. 那个夏天非常美好,就像是在做梦。Sweet dreams! (=said to someone who is going to bed) 做个好梦！nGood night, Sam! Sweet dreams!n THESAURUSwhen you are sleepingdream the thoughts, images, and feelings that go through your mind while you are asleepI had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of forest.nightmare a very unpleasant and frightening dreamShe still has terrible nightmares about the accident.daydream a series of pleasant thoughts that go through your mind when you are awake, so that you do not notice what is happening around youNeil was in a daydream, and didn’t hear the teacher call his name.reverie formal a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreamingThe doorbell rang, shaking her from her reverie.something that you want to dodream something very special that you want to do and that you think about a lot, especially something that is not very likely to happenAs a teenager, his dream was to become a professional footballer.ambition something that you want to achieve and that you work hard to achieve, especially in your workMy ambition had always been to start my own business.aspirations the important things that people want from their lives – used especially about the things a society or a large group of people wantsIt’s important that young people think seriously about their career aspirations.fantasy something exciting that you imagine happening to you, which is extremely unlikely to happen and often involves sexschoolboy fantasiespipe dream a dream that is impossible or is extremely unlikely to happenIs world peace no more than a pipe dream? COLLOCATIONS – Meaning 2: a wish to do, be, or have something – used especially when this seems unlikely 梦想，愿望，理想nverbshave a dream/dreamsI had dreams of becoming a doctor.achieve/fulfil/realize a dream (=do or get what you want)He had finally achieved his dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.pursue/follow a dream (=try to do or get what you want)She left her home town to pursue her dreams.dream a dream literary (=have a wish)We can dream great dreams for ourselves and others.nADJECTIVES/NOUN + dreambig/great dreams (=a wish to achieve great things)She was a little girl with big dreams.an impossible dream (=about something that cannot happen)Having a number one record had seemed an impossible dream.a childhood dream (=that you had when you were a child)I had a childhood dream of becoming an astronaut.a lifelong dream (=that you have had all your life)His lifelong dream had been to write a novel.a distant dream (=that it will take a long time to achieve)Peace in this area may still be a distant dream.phrasesna dream comes true (=something you want happens)I’d always wanted to go to Africa and at last my dream came true.nthe man/woman/house etc of your dreams (=the perfect one for you)We can help you find the house of your dreams.nnot/never in your wildest dreams (=used to say that you had never expected something to happen)Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would win the competition.beyond your wildest dreams (=better or more than you ever hoped for) 做梦也想不到nSuddenly he was wealthy beyond his wildest dreams.Examples from the Corpusdream• Dreaming dreams, hoping for magic.• When she woke, she found that it was all a dream.• Ben seemed lost in a dream.• The events of the past few days seemed like a bad dream.• The subconscious does not distinguish between desires and fears, between dreams and nightmares.• Last year her dream came true and she was offered a chance to study in America.• Her dream was to go to Hollywood and become a movie star.• After the accident, Clarke had to give up his dream of becoming a racing driver.• His dream came to him in flashes.• She, herself, Nicie, into dreams, fantasies.• Your wife and me-no more dreams.• You and Bobby were in my dream last night.• None of my dream are about work.• I never remember my dreams when I wake up.• She had no dreams for me, so I created my own.• Towards morning, Peter dreamed the old dream for the first time in months if not years.• When I was younger, I had recurring dreams in which I was constantly pursued by soldiers.• Alfonso's dream was to be a professional ball player.• I had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of tropical forest.• Now they must try to put their dreams back together again.dream about• I dreamt about her last night.dream of (doing) something• Right in the middle of the action, where he has always dreamed of being but never quite reached.• Painting on wall or canvas as dream of plenitude, painting on glass as revelation of potential in poverty.• Nothing he had foreseen, nothing he had dreamed of could have bodied forth the shape and taste of this existence.• But she had dreamed of it endlessly in those days when she had adored him.• The truth of his life is that Prefontaine died before achieving his dream of winning an Olympic gold medal.• Even then Dean was at a point most players would never dream of reaching.• Tolstoy said that hopes are the dreams of the waking man.• But they are deliberately vague because there are great problems with the dream of a tax form that fits on to a postcard.dream2 ●●● S3 W3 verb (past tense and past participle dreamed or dreamt /dremt/) 1 THINK ABOUTwish 希望 [intransitive, transitive] to think about something that you would like to happen or have 梦想，希望dream of/about (doing) something She dreamed of becoming a chef. 她梦想成为一名大厨。 He’s got the sort of money that you and I can only dream about. 他拥有的钱你我之辈只能在梦里想想了。dream (that) She dreamed that one day she would be famous. 她梦想有一天能成名。n GrammarYou dream of doing something: I’ve always dreamed of being an artist. ✗Don’t say: I’ve always dreamed to be an artist. 2 while sleeping 睡着时 [intransitive, transitive]DREAM to have a dream while you are asleep 做梦，梦见dream about I dreamt about you last night. 我昨晚梦到你了。dream (that) It’s quite common to dream that you’re falling. 梦到自己坠落是常有的事。3 not pay attention 注意力不集中 [intransitive] to think about something else and not give your attention to what is happening around you 做白日梦，开小差 SYN daydream She had been dreaming and had not followed the conversation. 她一直在走神，没注意听谈话。4 imagine 想象 [intransitive, transitive]IMAGINE to imagine that you have done, seen, or heard something that you have not 想象着做过[见过，听到过]（某事） I was sure I posted the letter but I must have dreamt it. 我曾确信自己已经把信寄出去了，不过我肯定是做梦了。5 never dreamed (that) used to say that you did not think that something would happen 从没想过，做梦也没想过 We never dreamed that we would get through to the next round. 我们从没想过会进入下一轮。6 wouldn’t dream of (doing) something spokenNOT DO something used to say that you would never do something because you think it is bad or wrong 无论如何也不会做某事 I wouldn’t dream of letting strangers look after my own grandmother! 我无论如何也不会让陌生人来照顾我自己的祖母！7 who would have dreamt that ...? spokenSURPRISED used to express surprise about something that has happened 谁能料到会…？〔表示惊讶〕 Who would have dreamt that this would happen? 谁能想得到会发生这种事？8 dream something ↔ away phrasal verb WASTE somethingto waste time by thinking about what may happen 〔在空想中〕虚度〔光阴〕 She would just sit in her room dreaming away the hours. 她常常会在自己房间里坐着遐想几个小时。9 dream on phrasal verb [only in imperative] spoken HOPEused to tell someone that they are hoping for something that will not happen 别做梦了〔用于告诉某人希望的事情不可能发生〕 You think I’m going to help you move house? Dream on! 你以为我会帮你搬家？别做梦了！10 dream something ↔ up phrasal verb INVENTto think of a plan or idea, especially an unusual one 想出〔不同寻常的计划、主意〕 He was continually dreaming up new schemes to promote and enlarge the business. 他不断想出奇特的新计划来促进和扩大业务。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusdream• Do animals dream?• I hoped that someone would wake me up, that I had only been dreaming.• The Rockets can close their eyes and dream about tasting dessert before they've earned it.• I dreamt about you last night.• Even now we're married I look at her and she's like a girl that you might dream about.• Going abroad for a holiday was something our grandparents could only dream about.• Most of the students were dreaming during the lecture.• He was dreaming; maybe it was the way he would dream for the rest of his short life.• Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.• I was sure I mailed the letter yesterday, but I must have dreamed it.• When I was at college I dreamed of becoming a great novelist.• Stephanie often dreams of long sea journeys.• I would not dream of toying with you.• Some thought it was the breakthrough scientists had dreamed of.• I dreamed that I was lying on a beach in the Caribbean.• Maura had never dreamt that she could feel like this.• And she had not been half asleep and dreaming this time.• Paradoxically, while dreaming we are without imagination and we are not aware that we are dreaming.dream (that)• My feet had warmed up, so I had slept more soundly, without dreaming.• Others seek but do not find the true love of their dreams.• I dream at night beside the wedge-shaped tower, a glass axe buried in the earth.• Her deprivation had been not having any dreams of her own at all.• But this day is something I've dreamed of since I was a kid and I just want to enjoy it.• We would never have dreamed of this kind of freedom.• I turned over, got my dreams out of my bag and started flicking through them.• When young, he had been visited constantly by dreams that he could not interpret.• I often dream that I'm falling.• King dreamt that white and black people would join together as equals.dream (that)• My feet had warmed up, so I had slept more soundly, without dreaming.• Others seek but do not find the true love of their dreams.• I dream at night beside the wedge-shaped tower, a glass axe buried in the earth.• Her deprivation had been not having any dreams of her own at all.• But this day is something I've dreamed of since I was a kid and I just want to enjoy it.• We would never have dreamed of this kind of freedom.• I turned over, got my dreams out of my bag and started flicking through them.• When young, he had been visited constantly by dreams that he could not interpret.Origin dream1 Old English dream “noise, great happiness”dream1 noun →COLLOCATIONS1 →COLLOCATIONS2 →n THESAURUS1dream2 verb →n GRAMMAR1LDOCE OnlineChinese images, feelings thoughts, a of and series Corpus |
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