mirage
英 [ˈmɪrɑ:ʒ] 美 [məˈrɑʒ]

n.

海市蜃楼，幻景；

变形

复数：mirages

英英释义

mirage[ 'mirɑ:ʒ, mi'rɑ:ʒ ]

• n.
  • an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
  • something illusory and unattainable

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. A mirage is an optical illusion.
   海市蜃楼是一种视错觉。
2. Although the morning was young, the hazy mirage was up.
   天色虽早，朦胧的海市蜃楼却已经出现。
3. Perhaps we are all just chasing a mirage.
   也许我们都只是在追逐一个幻想。
4. I stared at the canteen as if it were a mirage.
   我看着那水壶就好象看着一个幻想。

权威例句

Polymorphisms in the PON gene cluster are associated with Alzheimer disease
Cancer stem cells: mirage or reality?
The Mirage of Fixed Exchange Rates
Risk of dementia among relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients in the MIRAGE study: What is in store for the oldest old?
Thermo‐optical spectroscopy: Detection by the ’’mirage effect’’
Depression as a risk factor for Alzheimer disease: the MIRAGE Study
The Mirage of Marketing to the Bottom of the Pyramid: How the Private Sector Can Help Alleviate Poverty
The Mirage of Exchange Rate Regimes for Emerging Market Countries
Thermo‐optical spectroscopy: Detection by the ’’mirage effect’’
Photothermal spectroscopy using optical beam probing: Mirage effect