pipe dream

短语
大学

白日梦, 幻想, 幻觉

发音

UK /ˈpaɪp driːm/
AU
US /ˈpaɪp ˌdrim/

词形变化

pipe dreams 复数 pipe dreams

别名

pipedream

教材释义与例句

名词

脱离实际的愿望；行不通的计划；妄想

名词

白日梦；管道之梦；空想

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A desire or idea which is unlikely to materialize, or a plan which is unlikely to work; a near impossibility.

    妄想

    春秋大梦

    习语

    I think that his plan to become a professional athlete is a pipe dream and that he should stay in school.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

dream

上位词 2

fantasy phantasy

词源

From pipe + dream, referring to the fantasies experienced when smoking an opium pipe. Compare Old English pīpdrēam (“the sound or music of a pipe”), which is formed identically but has a different meaning.

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