dream
noun/driːm/
Слово англійською: dream
Переклад dream українською: сон (сновиді́ння), мрі́я, блаженство, видіння
Детальний опис
- [countable] a series of images, events and feelings that happen in your mind while you are asleep
- I had a really weird dream last night.
- I thought someone came into the bedroom, but it was just a dream.
- ‘Goodnight. Sweet dreams.’
- Don't think about it. You'll only give yourself bad dreams.
- dream about somebody/something a vivid dream about my old school.
- dream about doing something a recurrent dream about being late for an exam
- dream that… I had a dream that we were getting married at the airport.
- in a/somebody's dream His dead mother appeared to him in a dream.
Wordfinder- doze
- dream
- drowsy
- insomnia
- oversleep
- REM
- sedative
- sleep
- soporific
- tired
- [countable] a wish to have or be something, especially one that seems difficult to achieve
- Her lifelong dream was to be a famous writer.
- He wanted to be rich but it was an impossible dream.
- a chance to fulfil a childhood dream
- to realize/achieve a dream
- If I win, it will be a dream come true.
- It was the end of all my hopes and dreams.
- dream for somebody/something The chance to study in Australia had always been a dream for her.
- The conversation turns to his dreams for the future.
- dream of doing something He left his job to pursue his dream of opening a restaurant.
- dream of something The film is an exploration of a young boy's dream of a better life.
- dream that… He had a dream that one day his people would be free.
- of somebody's dreams I've finally found the man of my dreams.
- Being a TV presenter would be my dream job.
- [singular] a state of mind or a situation in which things do not seem real or part of normal life
- in a dream She walked around in a dream all day.
- He found himself standing in front of the crowded hall and making his speech, as if in a dream.
- As if slowly emerging from a dream, she raised her head.
- [singular] (informal) a beautiful or wonderful person or thing
- That meal was an absolute dream.
Word OriginMiddle English: of Germanic origin, related to Dutch droom and German Traum, and probably also to Old English drēam ‘joy, music’.
Idioms
beyond somebody’s wildest dreams
- far more, better, etc. than you could ever have imagined or hoped for
go/work like a dream
- to work very well
- My new car goes like a dream.
- to happen without problems, in the way that you had planned
- The wedding celebrations went like a dream.
in your dreams
- (informal) used to tell somebody that something they are hoping for is not likely to happen
- ‘I'll be a manager before I'm 30.’ ‘In your dreams.’
like a bad dream
- (of a situation) so unpleasant that you cannot believe it is true
- In broad daylight the events of the night before seemed like a bad dream.
live the dream
- to have a way of life that seems perfect
- With her own TV show and a flat in Paris, she is living the dream.