Mirage



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解释

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• n. 幻影, 海市蜃楼
• ［英］ n. 幻影, 海市蜃楼 ( an optical illusion)
• ［记］ mir ( 惊奇) +age -> 使人惊奇之物 -> 海市蜃楼
• ［同］ 同根词: miraculous ( 神奇的) ;mirror ( 镜子)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: French, from mirer to look at, from Latin mirari
• Date: 1803
• 1. an optical effect that is sometimes seen at sea, in the desert, or over a hot pavement, that may have the appearance of a pool of water or a mirror in which distant objects are seen inverted, and that is caused by the bending or reflection of rays of light by a layer of heated air of varying density
• 2. something illusory and unattainable like a mirage
• Synonyms: see delusion

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