Pipe-dream
白日梦, 空想
📖 牛津释义
pipe-dream
n hope or plan that is impossible or unworkable 不切实际的希望; 行不通的计画.
🧩 词语组成解析
pipe
[paɪp]
n. 管子;烟斗;管乐器;（管风琴的）音管;
vt. 以管输送;用管乐器演奏;尖声唱;
vi. 吹奏管乐器;尖叫;尖声地说（或唱），尖声啼鸣;[航海] 吹长哨;
dream
[drim]
vi. 梦想;做梦;梦见;想到;
vt.& vi. 做梦，向往;
vt. 梦想;做梦;想到;
n. 梦想;愿望;梦;
adj. 梦的;理想的;不切实际的;
🗣️ 情景例句
These days the police are just too soft on drug peddlers.
现在警察对于毒贩过于手软。
The population of Africa is growing by leaps and bounds.
非洲的人口正在极其迅速地增长。
She also likes them to borrow the books. But she is very strict.
她也喜欢他们来借书。但她对大家非常严格。