mirage

Related topics: Meteorology, Optics

1. HEMSEEan effect caused by hot air in a desert, which makes you think that you can see objects when they are not actually there 〔沙漠里的〕海市蜃楼

2 HOPEa dream, hope, or wish that cannot come true 幻想；妄想 SYN illusion

Perhaps we are just chasing a mirage.

也许我们只是在追逐一个梦。

Examples from the Corpus

mirage• The bubbles of foam trembled to mist and I sensed the house become dangerous, a mirage to my eyes.• The oasis is just a mirage.• It floated mockingly through his sleep and came like a mirage between his eyes and the daylight.• But the opposition is not alone in seeing the appearance of new prosperity as in part a mirage.• She thought at first it must be the edge of the sea, then realised it was a mirage.• A mirage, a reflection of layers on air out to sea.• Information at a distance overwhelms, or creates mirages.• He has photo enhancements, floor plans, home movies, biographies, bibliographies, letters, rumors, mirages, dreams.• an eerie no-man's land where travellers see mirages• The thought of the hotel seemed like the mirage of an oasis, something always just out of reach.

Origin mirage

(1800-1900) French mirer; → MIRROR1

Chinese

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