| 单词 | mirage |
| 释义 | mirage (once / 2806 pages) n Next time you’re traveling in the desert, make sure you carry plenty of water. That enticing pool of water you see far away in the distance may be a mirage, or an optical illusion. A mirage is created when light is distorted by layers of hot air. A mirage that looks like a body of water is actually an image of the sky. Even if you don’t spend much time in the desert, you may have noticed this phenomenon when driving on the highway on a hot day. Under certain conditions you can see in the distance what appears to be a puddle of water across the road. You’ll never reach the puddle, however: it’s just an illusion. The word mirage can be used in a more general sense to refer to anything that is unattainable or a false perception. WORD FAMILYmirage: mirages USAGE EXAMPLESThe scoreboards of prestige offer a handsome mirage of certitude, but our ongoing discussion about greatness remains unruly, public, perpetual and paramount. Washington Post(Dec 22, 2016) It’s a group that includes Nova, who turns 30 in January eager to show the stuff he showed in late summer wasn’t a mirage. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) Nudanu also won two nights at the Mirage in Las Vegas. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1n an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects Hypo|Hyper fata morgana a mirage in the Strait of Messina (attributed to the Arthurian sorcerer Morgan le Fay) optical illusion an optical phenomenon that results in a false or deceptive visual impression 2n something illusory and unattainable Hyper misconception an incorrect conception |
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