| 词汇 | dream up |
| 释义 | Idiom dream updream up (something) to invent or imagine something.She's dreamed up a great new way to waste time.The Gerbils is an odd name for a baseball team — who dreamed it up? Related vocabulary: think up somethingPhr V dream up dreams, dreaming, dreamt or dreamed dream up sth or dream sth up to think of an idea or plan, especially one that is very imaginative or not really possibleThey've asked a marketing company to dream up a name for their latest product.She's always dreaming up crazy schemes to get rich quick. dream up sth • dream sth up to think of a plan or idea, especially one that seems strange, unusual, or silly: Whoever dreamed up this idea should have their head examined. The whole story was probably dreamed up by left wing lunatics. dream upTo invent or imagine something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dream" and "up." No, Meredith used to flirt with me all the time—I didn't just dream up her romantic interest in me, I swear! I can't wait to hear the excuse you've dreamed up this time! dream something upFig. to invent something; to fabricate something. (The something can be the word something.) I don't know what to do, but I'll dream something up. Please dream up a solution for this problem. dream upInvent, concoct, as in Count on her to dream up some explanation for her absence. This expression replaced the somewhat earlier dream out. [c. 1940] dream upv. To concoct something, especially a plan or idea that is viewed as impractical: We dreamed up a plan to take over the company. They dreamed a plan up that would allow them to retire next year. What happens in the book is more magical than anything I could dream up. |
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