pipe dream 详细解释

pipe dream

白日梦, 幻想

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【口】幻想; 空想; 白日梦

Father's plan to build a forest cabin by the lake was just a pipe dream.

父亲想在湖滨筑一林中小屋的计划不过是个美梦罢了。

词义辨析

同义参见:

vapor  delusion  daydream  abstraction  

英英释义

名词 pipe dream:

a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe)

同义词:dream

补充

pipe dreampipe dreamn.1.白日梦,幻想

例句

1. It's only a pipe dream, but I wish I could meet him.虽然只是一个幻想, 但是我真的希望能见到他。 2. His plan for starting his own business was just a pipe dream.他打算创业的计划只是空想。