mirage
英['mɪrɑːʒ]
美[mə'rɑːʒ]
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Noun:
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an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
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something illusory and unattainable
- 1. The girl was a mirage, cast up by his troubled mind.
- 那个女孩是他的幻觉，是他那忧郁不安的头脑妄想出来的。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis.
- 它在他眼前晃动，好像海市蜃楼里的绿洲。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. The objectivity of science is a mirage.
- 所谓科学的客观性是一种幻想。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. His idea of love was a mirage.
- 他的爱情观不现实。
来自《权威词典》
- 5. Perhaps we are all just chasing a mirage.
- 也许我们都只是在追逐一个幻想.
来自《简明英汉词典》
用作名词 (n.)
- A mirage is an optical illusion.
海市蜃楼是一种视错觉。
- Although the morning was young, the hazy mirage was up.
天色虽早，朦胧的海市蜃楼却已经出现。
- Perhaps we are all just chasing a mirage.
也许我们都只是在追逐一个幻想。
- I stared at the canteen as if it were a mirage.
我看着那水壶就好象看着一个幻想。
