pipe-dream

短语

白日梦, 空想

发音

UK /ˈpaɪpdriːm/
AU
US /ˈpaɪpˌdrim/

词形变化

pipe-dreamed pipe-dreaming pipe-dreams 三单 pipe-dreams pipe-dreaming 现在分词 pipe-dreamed 过去式 pipe-dreamed 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To have a desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or to imagine a plan which is unlikely to work; to dream of a near impossibility.

    不及物

词源

From pipe dream (noun).

来源:wiktionary