- [countable]
a series of images, events and feelings that happen in your mind while you are asleep 梦；睡梦 I had a really weird dream last night. 我昨晚做了一个着实离奇的梦。 I thought someone came into the bedroom, but it was just a dream. 我还以为有人进了卧室，原来只是一场梦。 ‘Goodnight. Sweet dreams.’ “晚安。祝你做个好梦。” Don't think about it. You'll only give yourself bad dreams. 不用想了。你只会给自己做噩梦。 - dream about somebody/something
a vivid dream about my old school. 一个关于我的母校的生动的梦。 - dream about doing something
a recurrent dream about being late for an exam 一个反复出现的考试迟到的梦 - dream that…
I had a dream that we were getting married at the airport. 我梦见我们在机场结婚。 - in a/somebody's dream
His dead mother appeared to him in a dream. 他死去的母亲在梦中出现在他面前。
Extra ExamplesImages of the crash still haunted his dreams years later. 多年以后，撞车的情形还在他的睡梦中萦回。 I was awoken from my dream by a knock at the door. 敲门声让我从梦中醒来。 She opened her eyes and the dream faded. 她睁开眼，梦境渐渐消失了。 She is plagued by strange dreams. 她为各种怪梦困扰。 I hope my dream about prison won't come true! 希望我那个关于监狱的梦不会成为现实 ! In her dream, she was on board a ship heading for America. 她梦见自己乘坐在驶往美洲的船上。 I hardly ever remember my dreams. 我极少记得我做过的梦。 She fell asleep and dreamed strange dreams. 她睡着了，做了些奇怪的梦。 His waking dream was rudely interrupted by the telephone. 他的白日梦被一个电话硬生生打断了。 I had a very disturbing dream last night. 昨晚我做了个很令人不安的梦。 He had a prophetic dream about a train crash the night before the disaster. 出事的前一天晚上，他先知先觉似的做了个火车相撞的梦。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- awful
- bad
- disturbing
- …
- dream
- have
- awake from
- …
- come true
- haunt somebody
- plague somebody
- …
- interpretation
- in a/the dream
- dream about
- as (if) in a dream
- sweet dreams
- [countable]
a wish to have or be something, especially one that seems difficult to achieve 梦想；理想；愿望 Her lifelong dream was to be a famous writer. 她的毕生愿望就是成为名作家。 He wanted to be rich but it was an impossible dream. 他想发财，然而这是不可能实现的梦想。 a chance to fulfil a childhood dream 实现童年梦想的机会 to realize/achieve a dream 实现/实现梦想 If I win, it will be a dream come true. 如果我赢了，那就是梦想成真。 It was the end of all my hopes and dreams. 我的希望和梦想全都破灭了。 - dream for somebody/something
The chance to study in Australia had always been a dream for her. 去澳大利亚学习的机会对她来说一直是一个梦想。 The conversation turns to his dreams for the future. 话题转到他对未来的梦想。 - dream of doing something
He left his job to pursue his dream of opening a restaurant. 他放弃了工作，去追求自己开餐馆的梦想。 - dream of something
The film is an exploration of a young boy's dream of a better life. 这部电影是对一个年轻男孩美好生活梦想的探索。 - dream that…
He had a dream that one day his people would be free. 他梦想有一天他的人民会获得自由。 - of somebody's dreams
I've finally found the man of my dreams. 我终于找到了理想中的男人。 Being a TV presenter would be my dream job. 成为一名电视节目主持人将是我梦想的工作。
Extra ExamplesTopics Successa2She tried to turn her dream of running her own business into reality. 她努力实现经营自己企业的梦想。 She confided in him all her hopes and dreams. 她向他吐露了她所有的希冀与梦想。 their dream of a fairer world 他们对一个更公平世界的梦想 The victory keeps San Marino's dream of a World Cup place alive. 这次获胜使圣马力诺队仍然存有参加世界杯的希望。 The injury shattered her dream of running in the Olympics. 这次受伤使她参加奥运会赛跑的梦想破灭了。 She had this romantic dream of living in a windmill. 她曾经有过住在风车磨坊里的浪漫幻想。 He never abandoned his dream of finding his real mother. 他从未放弃过找到他生母的梦想。 the great utopian dream that they have cherished for so long 他们长期怀有的伟大的乌托邦式的梦想 They achieved a success beyond their wildest dreams. 他们取得了做梦也未曾想到的成功。 Their dream turned into a nightmare as the cruise ship began to sink. 游船开始下沉，他们的梦想变成了一场噩梦。 His plans to travel the world now seemed like a distant dream. 他周游世界的计划如今看来犹如一个遥远的梦。 Her biggest dream was to become a singer. 她最大的梦想是成为歌手。 After Betty retired, she and her husband designed and built their dream house. 贝蒂退休以后和丈夫设计建造了他们理想中的房子。 the house of her dreams 她梦想中的房子 What would be your dream job? 你理想的工作是什么？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- great
- lifelong
- …
- cherish
- have
- achieve
- …
- come true
- turn into a nightmare
- turn sour
- …
- holiday
- home
- house
- …
- dream of
- the American dream
- the… of somebody’s dreams
- beyond somebody’s wildest dreams
- …
- [singular]
a state of mind or a situation in which things do not seem real or part of normal life 梦幻状态；恍惚；出神 - in a dream
She walked around in a dream all day. 她整天都在梦游似的到处转悠。 She found herself standing in front of the crowded hall and making her speech, as if in a dream. 她发现自己站在拥挤的大厅前演讲，一切仿佛是在做梦。 As if slowly emerging from a dream, she raised her head. 仿佛慢慢从梦中出现，她抬起头。
- in a dream
- [singular] (informal)
a beautiful or wonderful person or thing 梦一般美妙的人（或事物）；极美好的人（或事物）
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 做梦都没想到；远远出乎所料；大大超出希望
go/work like a dream
in your dreams
like a bad dream
live the dream
to have a way of life that seems perfect 梦想；理想；愿望 With her own TV show and a flat in Paris, she is living the dream. 有了自己的电视节目和巴黎的一套公寓，她正在实现梦想。