English Dictionary

reverie

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹɛvəɹi/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream. / An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.

日本語の意味

白昼夢（起きている間に夢を見るような状態） / 夢想（思索や瞑想に耽る状態、思いにふけること） / 空想（現実離れした想像や幻想）

She drifted into a reverie, watching the rain trace slow paths down the window.

彼女は白昼夢にふけりながら、雨が窓をゆっくりと伝うのを見ていた。

意味（1）

A state of dreaming while awake; a loose or irregular train of thought; musing or meditation; daydream.

If you rouse from your reverie, you are restless and agitated; your eye wanders round in one perpetual search; and if, perchance, as has happened once or twice, he has only passed in the distance, your eye brightens, your cheek flushes crimson, and your whole frame quivers with uncontrollable emotion!

意味（2）

An extravagant conceit of the imagination; a vision.

If the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool; There are infinite reveries , numberless extravagancies , and a perpetual train of vanities , which pass through both .

reveries （ plural ）