mirage

英 [ˈmɪrɑːʒ]

美 [məˈrɑːʒ]

n.  幻景; 海市蜃楼; 幻想; 妄想

复数：mirages　第三人称单数：mirages　

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BNC.19977 / COCA.15917

牛津词典

noun

• 幻景；海市蜃楼
  an effect caused by hot air in deserts or on roads, that makes you think you can see sth, such as water, which is not there
• 幻想；妄想
  a hope or wish that you cannot make happen because it is not realistic
  1. His idea of love was a mirage.
     他的爱情观不现实。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 海市蜃楼;幻境
  Amirageis something which you see when it is extremely hot, for example in the desert, and which appears to be quite near but is actually a long way away or does not really exist.
  1. Through my half-closed eyelids I began to see mirages...
     透过我半睁半闭的双眼，我看到了海市蜃楼。
  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。
• N-COUNT 妄想;幻想
  If you describe something as amirage, you mean that it is not real or true, although it may seem to be.
  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。
  2. The objectivity of science is a mirage.
     所谓科学的客观性是一种幻想。

英英释义

noun

• something illusory and unattainable
• an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects

双语例句

• The American dream has become a mirage for too many of us.
  对于我们的多数人来说，美国梦已经变成了一个遥不可及的海市蜃楼。
• Is that a mirage my eyes pick out through the gloom?
  难道是我在这一片阴暗中看到了海市蜃楼？
• Like the mirage, this is a result of light being refracted by clouds.
  这同海市蜃楼一样，乃云、光折射作用的结果。
• The mirage stops you from seeing the obvious, the preciousness of Being.
  这些幻想阻止你去看见显而易见，存在最珍贵的显象。
• Then a dynamic model based on the atmospheric gravity waves is introduced to simulate the dynamic change of mirage.
  提出了基于大气重力波模型的海市蜃楼动态变化模型；
• A mirage in the desert is deceptive.
  沙漠中的海市蜃楼是一种假象。
• A mirage is an optical illusion.
  海市蜃楼是一种视错觉。
• 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。
• The mirage, and with it hopes of a speedy recovery, has vanished.
  海市蜃楼及其伴随的快速复苏希望，已经破灭了。
• And he said I was like a mirage.
  还有他说他象在妄想。