make-believe
n [U]
(a) pretending or imagining things; fantasizing 假装; 想像; 幻想
indulge in make-believe 沉溺於幻想中.
(b) things thus imagined 想像之物
live in a world of make-believe 生活在幻想的世界中
[attrib 作定语]
a make-believe world 想像的世界.
Lawn mowers whining on a summer's day, late-night parties in apartment blocks, noisy neighbors, vehicles of al kinds, especially large container trucks thundering through quiet village, planes and helicopters flying overhead, large radios carried round in