fairyland

/'feərilænd/

Thân thiện

A child reads a storybook about a magical fairyland.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The enchanted realm of fairies: An imaginary, magical place where fairies are said to live, often depicted as beautiful and idyllic.
   • Something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality): An idealized, fantastical, or unreal place or situation.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The children's book described a magical fairyland with talking trees and sparkling rivers.
  • The garden, covered in morning frost, looked like a shimmering fairyland.
  • His plans for the business were pure fairyland; they had no basis in financial reality.

Advanced Usage

• "to be in fairyland": To be in a state of unrealistic thinking or daydreaming.
  • If you think you can finish that project in one day, you're living in fairyland.

Variants and Related Words

• Fairy (n): A mythical being of folklore, typically represented as a small, magical humanoid.
• Fairy-tale (adj): Resembling or characteristic of a fairy tale; idealized or magical.
  • They had a fairy-tale wedding in a castle.

Synonyms

• Fantasy world: A world created by the imagination.
• Dreamland: An ideal or imaginary place.
• Utopia: An imagined place or state of things where everything is perfect. (Note: 'Utopia' often implies a social or political ideal, while 'fairyland' is more purely fantastical.)

Related Phrases

• Fairyland of finance: Used to describe unrealistic or fantastical economic theories or projections.
  • The proposal was dismissed as a fairyland of finance by seasoned economists.

Related Idioms

• "A trip to fairyland": An experience that feels magically unreal or wonderfully escapist.
  • Visiting that botanical garden at night was like a trip to fairyland.

Học thuật

Noun

1. the enchanted realm of fairies
2. something existing solely in the imagination (but often mistaken for reality)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• faerie
• faery
• fantasy world
• phantasy world