dream

dream的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [dri:m]
KK音标发音： [drim]

dream的词性：
n.（名词）

1. A series of images, ideas, emotions, and sensations occurring involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of sleep.
梦：在睡眠的一定阶段在头脑中不自然地出现的一系列形象、想法、情感和感觉

2. A daydream; a reverie.
白日梦；想入非非

3. A state of abstraction; a trance.
心不在焉；恍惚

4. A wild fancy or hope.
梦想或空想

5. A condition or achievement that is longed for; an aspiration:
梦想：渴望的状态或成就；雄心：

a dream of owning their own business.
想拥有自己的企业的梦想

6. One that is exceptionally gratifying, excellent, or beautiful:
梦中情人，佳境，美境：特别令人满意、出色或美丽的人或物：

Our new car runs like a dream.
我们的新车开起来好极了

dream的词性：
v.（动词）

dream的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

7. To experience a dream in sleep:
睡眠时做梦：

dreamed of meeting an old friend.
梦见了一个老朋友

8. To daydream.
做白日梦

9. To have a deep aspiration:
梦想：有远大的抱负：

dreaming of a world at peace.
梦想有和平的世界

10. To regard something as feasible or practical:
认为某事可行：

I wouldn't dream of trick skiing on icy slopes.
我不能想象在结冰的斜坡上滑雪

dream的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

11. To experience a dream of while asleep:
睡眠时梦见：

Did it storm last night, or did I dream it?
昨晚有暴风雨吗?还是我在做梦

12. To conceive of; imagine.
想象；臆测

13. To pass (time) idly or in reverie.
虚度 ：无所事事或在想入非非中消磨时间

14. To invent; concoct:
发明：虚构：

dreamed up a plan to corner the market.
构想出一个计划来垄断市场

dream的词源：

15. Middle English drem
中古英语 drem

16. from Old English dr?am [joy, music] ; akin to Old Saxon dr?m [mirth, dream]
源自 古英语 dr?am [快乐，音乐] ；类似于 古撒克逊语 dr?m [欢乐，梦]