/dri:m ||; drim/verb (
past tense past participle dreamed /dri:md
||; drimd/
or dreamt /dremt
||; drɛmt/)
1 [I,T] dream (about sb/sth) to see or experience pictures and events in your mind while you are asleep 做梦: I dreamt about the house that I lived in as a child. 我梦见了我小时候住过的房子。I dreamed that I was running but I couldn't get away. 我梦见我在跑呀跑的，可是怎么跑也跑不掉。 ☞Look at daydream. 参看daydream。
2 [I] dream (about/of sth/doing sth) to imagine sth that you would like to happen 梦想: I've always dreamt about winning lots of money. 我老是梦想赢很多很多钱。
3 [I] dream (of doing sth/that...) to imagine that sth might happen 想象；料想: I wouldn't dream of telling Stuart that I don't like his music. 我绝对不会对斯图尔特说，我不喜欢他的音乐。When I watched the Olympics on TV, I never dreamt that one day I'd be here competing! 我在电视上观看奥运会的时候，怎么也没有想到有朝一日我会来这里参加比赛！
dream sth up(
informal 非正式) to think of a plan, an idea, etc, especially sth strange 想出计划、主意等（尤指鬼主意）:
Which of you dreamt up that idea? 你们当中谁想出这个鬼主意来的？