reverie

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++rev·e·rie /ˈrevəri/ noun [countable, uncountable]  DREAMa state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming 幻想，白日梦 → daydream She was startled out of her reverie by a loud crash. 哗啦一声巨响把她从幻想中惊醒。

Examples from the Corpus

reverie• In those early days of the war, the Continental Palace Hotel was still locked in a colonial reverie.• With a contented sigh, he lost himself in a colourful reverie of big business deals and boardroom power games.• She was startled out of her reverie by a ring on the door-bell.• Wiping his mind clean of all extraneous thoughts, he concentrated on his reveries.• He lay near sleep, falling into reverie, the powerful world of Oswald-hero, guns flashing in the dark.• Sometimes he would drift off into reverie, and gaze out of the window for hours.• The doorbell rang, shaking me from my reverie.• Auntie interrupted my reveries.• As the train slid slowly into Asansol station, Brother Mariadas, suddenly wide awake, shook me out of my reverie.• Valence also smiled, though his was a pensive smile, a smile of reverie.• If painful reveries of any kind had once overwhelmed him, they did so no longer.Origin reverie (1600-1700) French rêverie, from Old French rever “to wander, dream”

rev·e·rie nounChineseSyllable  

imagining that about or thinking pleasant a things, of state Corpus

reverie
rev‧e‧rie /ˈrevəri/ noun [uncountable and countable]a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming ⇨ daydream:
    She was startled out of her reverie by a loud crash.
     

THESAURUS

■ when you are sleeping
   ▪ dream the thoughts, images, and feelings that go through your mind while you are asleep: I had a strange dream last night -- you and I were in some sort of forest.
   ▪ nightmare a very unpleasant and frightening dream: She still has terrible nightmares about the accident.
   ▪ daydream a series of pleasant thoughts that go through your mind when you are awake, so that you do not notice what is happening around you: Neil was in a daydream, and didn’t hear the teacher call his name.
   ▪ reverie formal a state of imagining or thinking about pleasant things, that is like dreaming: The doorbell rang, shaking her from her reverie.

rev·erieBrE /ˈrevəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrevəri/ 🔊 noun [countable, uncountable] (formal) a state of thinking about pleasant things, almost as though you are dreaming 幻想；白日梦；梦想 SYN daydream ◆She was jolted out of her reverie as the door opened. 门一开就把她从幻想中惊醒。🔊🔊