daydreaming

daydreaming — 名詞

1. the activity of letting your mind move into pleasant imagined scenes while you a

1.名詞B2
釋義

神遊

醒著時分心想像美好情景

the activity of letting your mind move into pleasant imagined scenes while you are awake, often so that you stop paying attention to the real situation around you

例句

During the last ten minutes of algebra, Nora drifted into daydreaming about a beach holiday.

代數課最後十分鐘，Nora 想著海邊假期，不知不覺開始神遊。

daydreaming about + noun phrase

A little daydreaming on the bus helped Hamza forget the long week at work.

在公車上的一點神遊，讓 Hamza 暫時忘掉漫長的一週工作。

同義詞
  • reverie

    more literary and calmer; often suggests a soft, absorbed state

  • fantasising

    often more vivid or deliberate than daydreaming in ordinary situations

  • mind-wandering

    more neutral and often used in psychology or academic writing

反義詞
  • concentration

    staying mentally fixed on the real task in front of you

  • focus

    direct, controlled attention rather than drifting thought

文法句型

daydreaming about + noun phrase

daydreaming about + -ing

用法筆記

Usually uncountable. It commonly appears with about + noun phrase or about + -ing, and it often suggests a pleasant loss of attention rather than a serious plan.

常見錯誤

❌Her daydreaming to own a cafe kept her awake.
✅Her daydreaming about owning a cafe kept her awake.
💡As a noun, daydreaming is usually followed by about + noun phrase or about + -ing.

daydreaming — 動詞