mirage

FREQ #14645

n. 海市蜃楼, 幻景, 妄想

发音

US /mɪˈɹɑːʒ/

词形变化

mirages 复数 mirages miraged mirages 三单 miraging miraging 现在分词 miraged 过去式 miraged 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.

    海市蜃楼

    蜃景

    海市

    蜃气

  2. 2.

    An illusion.

    比喻
v.
  1. 1.

    To cause to appear as or like a mirage.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

misconception optical illusion

下位词 1

Fata Morgana

相关短语

gravitational mirage Rancho Mirage red mirage

词源

An unadapted borrowing from French mirage c. 1812.

来源：wiktionary