英语词汇“dream”的释义、区别辨析及用法例句-英语同义词词典

单词

dream

例句

noun | verb

dreamdream1 /drim/ noun ► dream

the images that you see in your mind when you are asleep:

I had a good dream last night and woke up smiling.

➔ Dream is also used to mean “something you really want to achieve, especially when this is difficult or unlikely”: Maya’s dream was to win an Olympic gold medal one day.

► nightmare

a very frightening dream:

I have the same nightmare again and again - I’m driving along and I fall off a bridge.

► daydream

thoughts about nice things that make you forget what you should be doing:

In her daydreams, she saw herself walking along the beach with Jack.

► fantasy

something that you imagine happening to you, especially something exciting or enjoyable that will probably never happen:

Every little kid has the fantasy of becoming rich and famous some day.

➔ see hope2

noun | verb

dreamdream2 /drim/ verb (past tense and past participle dreamed or dreamt /dremt/) 1 to dream while you are asleep► dream

to see images in your mind while you are asleep:

He dreamed that a monster became his friend.

Last night I dreamed about winning a dance contest, which is strange because I don’t dance!

► have a dream

have a dream means the same as dream:

I had a dream that you all hated me.

She had a scary dream and woke up crying.

► have a nightmare

to have a frightening dream:

I had the worst nightmare last night about some guy chasing me.

2 to think about something that might happen► dream

to think about something that you hope will happen:

Zach dreamed that one day he would play in a band.

Many scientists dream of winning a Nobel Prize for their work.

➔ GRAMMAR: Don’t say: dream to do something. Say: dream of doing something.

► daydream

to think about nice things that make you forget what you should be doing:

In the winter we all daydream about hot summer days on the beach.

► fantasize

to think about doing or having something exciting, even though it is very unlikely to happen:

Sometimes I fantasize about owning my own restaurant.

► imagine

to think about what something could be like or what it must have been like:

The teacher asked us to imagine that we were on an island with no other people.

Can you imagine how Jennifer feels, after you called her names like that?

3 to see pictures in your mind while you are awake► hallucinate (formal)

to see things that are not really there because you are ill or have taken drugs:

After two days without food and water, Voss began to hallucinate.

► see a vision also have a vision

to see something as part of a powerful religious experience:

She had a vision in which Jesus appeared before her.

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