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be lost in reverie
reverie 常作不可数名词，be lost in reverie 表示‘陷入沉思/出神’。
She sat by the window, lost in reverie.
她坐在窗边，沉浸在遐想中。
白日梦；遐想
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白日梦；遐想
A pleasant state of thinking about something else while awake; a daydream.
She sat by the window, lost in reverie.
她坐在窗边，沉浸在遐想中。
醒时做梦的状态；散漫或不连贯的思路；沉思或冥想；白日梦。
A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.
白日梦
absentminded dreaming while awake
想象力的奇思异想；幻象。
An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.
出神状态
an abstracted state of absorption
She was lost in a reverie, staring out the window.
她沉浸在遐想中，凝视着窗外。
His reverie was interrupted by the ringing phone.
他的遐想被电话铃声打断了。
The music brought him back from his reverie.
音乐将他从遐想中唤回。
reverie 常作不可数名词，be lost in reverie 表示‘陷入沉思/出神’。
She sat by the window, lost in reverie.
她坐在窗边，沉浸在遐想中。
fall into a reverie 表示突然进入出神状态，reverie 前可用不定冠词 a。
The old man fell into a reverie about his youth.
老人陷入对青年时代的遐想。
in a reverie 描述走神的状态，常与 be 动词连用。
He was in a reverie and didn't hear the question.
他正在出神，没有听到问题。
Not this
I often reverie about the future.
Use this
I often daydream about the future.
reverie 是名词，意为“白日梦/出神”，不能直接作动词；要表达“做白日梦”这个动作，应用动词 daydream，或用 be lost in reverie。
Not this
He had a reverie while he was sleeping.
Use this
He had a dream while he was sleeping.
reverie 表示“醒着时出神/做白日梦”，词义限定为醒时状态；睡觉时做的梦要用 dream。
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沉浸于遐想；出神
She was lost in reverie, staring at the rain.
她凝视着雨，沉浸于遐想。
陷入遐想；出神
At the meeting, he fell into a reverie and missed the question.
开会时他陷入了遐想，没有听到问题。
从遐想中回过神来
The sudden knock woke me from my reverie.
突然的敲门声让我从遐想中回过神来。
愉快的遐想；美好的白日梦
The music sent her into a pleasant reverie.
音乐让她陷入愉快的遐想。
沉溺于遐想；尽情做白日梦
On the train home, he indulged in reverie about his future.
在回家的火车上，他沉溺于对未来的遐想。
沉浸在幻想中；陷入沉思
She sat by the window, lost in reverie.
她坐在窗边，沉浸在幻想中。
出神；心不在焉
He was in a reverie and didn't hear the doorbell.
他正出神，没有听到门铃声。
从幻想中惊醒；回过神来
The loud noise snapped him out of his reverie.
巨大的响声把他从幻想中惊醒。
德彪西的钢琴曲《梦幻曲》（Rêverie）
Listening to Debussy's Reverie, I fell into a calm reverie.
听着德彪西的《梦幻曲》，我陷入了一片平静的遐想之中。
让-雅克·卢梭的《一个孤独漫步者的遐想》
In his Reveries of a Solitary Walker, Rousseau captures the pleasure of a peaceful reverie.
卢梭在《一个孤独漫步者的遐想》中描绘了宁静遐想的乐趣。
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联想记忆：reverie 拆成 re-verie，re 让人想到“反复”，思绪反复飘远，就是醒时的白日梦。
语域：formal 常见场景：文学作品、正式书面语 reverie 比较常见于文学作品或正式书面语，指白日梦、出神或遐想的状态；日常口语中通常更自然地说 daydream。
这些词里没有真正同韵的词；它们都是拼写或发音上的相似形。'every'（/ˈɛvri/）与 'reverie' 共享 /ɛv/ 和结尾 /i/，但通常读作两个音节，没有 r 色彩元音。'reverend'（/ˈrɛvərənd/）和 'revere'（/rɪˈvɪr/）拼写相似，但重音和元音不同。'prairie'（/ˈprɛri/）和 'menagerie'（/məˈnædʒəri/）以相似的 -rie/-erie 结尾，但发音不含 /ɝ/。
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