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[英] [mɪˈrɑ:ʒ] [美] [mɪˈrɑʒ] 生词本

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1. N-COUNT 海市蜃楼;幻境 A mirage is 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. 

  • 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。

  • 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。

2. N-COUNT 妄想;幻想 If you describe something as a mirage, you mean that it is not real or true, although it may seem to be. 

  • 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。

  • The objectivity of science is a mirage.

    所谓科学的客观性是一种幻想。

Noun

1. an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects

2. something illusory and unattainable

体育

  • 1.幻影

大气科学

<名>
  • 1.蜃景
  • 2.俗称“海市蜃楼”。空气光线穿过密度梯度足够大的近地气层而使光线发生显著折射时, 在空中或地平线下出现的奇异幻景。

海洋科学

<名>
  • 1.蜃景

物理学

<名>
  • 1.蜃景
  • 2.曾用名“海市蜃楼”。
1. Perhaps we are all just chasing a mirage.
也许我们都只是在追逐一个幻想。

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