单词 | mirage |
释义 | mirage (mɪrɑːʒ ) Word forms: mirages 1. countable noun A mirage is something which you see when it is extremely hot, for example in the desert, and which appears to be quite near but is actually a long way away or does not really exist. Through my half-closed eyelids I began to see mirages. It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis. [+ of] Synonyms: illusion, vision, hallucination, pipe dream 2. countable noun [usually singular] If you describe something as a mirage, you mean that it is not real or true, although it may seem to be. The girl was a mirage, cast up by his troubled mind. The objectivity of science is a mirage. |
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