fantasize
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++fan·ta·size (also fantasise British English) /ˈfæntəsaɪz/ verb [intransitive, transitive] IMAGINEto imagine that you are doing something which is very pleasant or exciting, but which is very unlikely to happen 想象，幻想 SYN dreamfantasize about Sometimes she fantasized about buying a boat and sailing around the world. 有时候，她幻想着买艘船周游世界。fantasize that I used to fantasize that my real parents were famous movie stars. 我过去常幻想我的亲生父母是著名影星。► see thesaurus at imagine→ See Verb table
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fantasize• I often fantasize about living in a big house with tennis courts and a swimming pool.• Many men fantasize about sleeping with someone who is not their partner.• Some children even go beyond such fantasizing and actually run away in search of this ideal home.• Alice stole one long drink before rolling over in the boundless bed, fantasizing it as an endless beach of white cloud.fantasize that• He begins to fantasize that if he tried hard he could shrink to a tiny size and crawl inside the set.fan·ta·size verbChineseSyllable
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fan‧ta‧size
(also fantasise British English) /ˈfæntəsaɪz/ verb [intransitive and transitive]
to imagine that you are doing something which is very pleasant or exciting, but which is very unlikely to happen
SYN dream
fantasize about
Sometimes she fantasized about buying a boat and sailing around the world.
fantasize that
I used to fantasize that my real parents were famous movie stars.
▪ imagine to form a picture or idea in your mind about what something might be like: When I think of Honolulu, I imagine long white beaches and palm trees. | I can’t really imagine being a millionaire.
▪visualize to form a picture of someone or something in your mind, especially something that is definitely going to happen or exist in the future: Anna visualized meeting Greg again at the airport. | The finished house may be hard to visualize.
▪picture to form a clear picture of something or someone in your mind: I can still picture my father, even though he died a long time ago. | The town was just how she had pictured it from his description.
▪envisage /ɪnˈvɪzɪdʒ/ especially British English, envision to imagine something as possible or likely to happen in the future: How do you envisage your career developing over the next ten years? | They had envisioned the creation of a single armed force, small but efficient.
▪conceive of something formal to imagine a situation, especially one that is difficult to imagine: For many people, music is so important that they cannot conceive of life without it.
▪fantasize to imagine something exciting that you would like to happen, but that is very unlikely to happen: I used to fantasize about becoming a film star.
▪daydream to imagine pleasant things, so that you forget where you are and what you should be doing: Mark began to daydream, and didn’t even hear the teacher’s question.
▪hallucinate to imagine that you are seeing things that are not really there, especially because you are ill or have taken drugs: The drug that can cause some people to hallucinate. | When I saw the walls moving, I thought I must be hallucinating.
fan‧ta‧size
(also fantasise British English) /ˈfæntəsaɪz/ verb [intransitive and transitive]to imagine that you are doing something which is very pleasant or exciting, but which is very unlikely to happen
SYN dream
fantasize about
fantasize that
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