dream1/drim; driːm/n [C]1 a series of thoughts, images, and experiences that come into your mind when you are asleep [→ daydream] 梦﹐梦境: +about I had a dream about you last night. 昨晚我做梦梦见你了。Did you have a bad dream ? 你做噩梦了吗?2 something that you hope will happen 理想﹐梦想﹐愿望: It was his dream to play football for his country. 能为自己的祖国踢球是他梦寐以求的事。+of He fulfilled his dream of becoming a police officer. 他实现了自己的梦想﹐当上了警察。beyond your wildest dreams (=better than anything you imagined or hoped) 做梦也想不到The whole experience has been a dream come true (=as good as I hoped). 这整件事就是梦想成真。the man/home/holiday etc of your dreams (=the perfect man, home etc) 理想中的男人/家/假期等3 like a dreama) if something is like a dream, it does not seem real 像梦境一般: The last few days have seemed like a dream . 最后几天像做梦一般。b) extremely well 好极了﹐非常有效: The plan worked like a dream . 这个计划非常有效。 4 in a dream not noticing or paying attention to what is happening 心不在焉﹐神情恍惚: Ruth went about her tasks in a dream. 鲁斯心不在焉地开始干活。 5 a dream world a good situation which exists only in your imagination 幻想[梦幻]的世界﹐理想[美好]的世界: If you believe that, you’re living in a dream world . 如果你相信它﹐你就是生活在梦幻世界里。
dream2v past tense and past participle dreamed or dreamt /drɛmt; dremt/1 [I,T] to have a dream while you are asleep [→ daydream] 做梦﹐梦见: +(that) I often dream that I’m falling. 我常常梦到自己向下坠落。+about I dreamt about you last night. 昨晚我梦见你了。2 [I,T] to think about something that you would like to happen 梦想﹔幻想: +of/about We dream of having our own home. 我们梦想有个自己的家。+(that) Cath never dreamt she’d be offered the job (=she did not expect it to happen). 凯思做梦也想不到自己会得到这份工作。3 wouldn’t dream of (doing) sth spoken used to say that you would never do something because you think it is wrong【口】〔因认为某事不对〕无论如何也不做某事﹐怎么也不会考虑某事: I wouldn’t dream of letting her go on her own. 我无论如何也不会让她独个儿去。dream sth up phr v to think of a plan or idea, especially an unusual one 想出来﹐虚构出〔尤指不寻常的事〕: Who dreams up these TV commercials? 是谁想出这些电视广告的?
dream3adj [only before noun 仅用于名词前] perfect, or exactly what you wanted 梦一般完美的﹔理想的: They had built their dream home . 他们建成了自己理想中的房子。