fever dream
noun [ C ] uk/ˈfiː.və ˌdriːm/ us/ˈfiː.vɚ ˌdriːm/
似噩梦般的奇异经历
a very strange experience or situation, usually a bad one, that seems like a dream rather than like something that would really happen
As one US embassy employee said to me, this is like a fever dream that we wake up from and say, did we really do that? 正如一位美国大使馆员工对我说的，这就像一场奇异的噩梦，我们从梦中醒来，然后说，我们真的那样做了吗？
His first novel is a fever dream of passion which does not have to make sense, because it is a powerful metaphor for deep emotion.
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- The film is so unspeakably bad that it seems like a Hollywood writer's fever dream.
- The playwright takes a group of everyday people living in a typical small town, and thrusts them into a fever dream of hatred and retribution.
- Long-distance travel is a fever dream where time and mood slip out of control.
- Rivera's work often has the feel of a fever dream; what is real, and what is not, is up for debate.
- Blake's illuminated Milton is a glorious fever dream.