mirage

• n. 海市蜃樓；幻想，妄想

可能來自miracle,奇跡，引申詞義幻景，海市蜃樓。或來自mirror,鏡子，引申詞義反射，反射體。

mirage (n.)

"optical illusion of water in sandy deserts," 1812, from French mirage (1753), from se mirer "to be reflected," from Latin mirare (see mirror (n.)). Or the French word is from Latin mirus "wonderful" (see miracle). Similarity to Arabic mi'raj has been noted, but the usual sense of that word is "ladder, stairs; climb, ascent," and the resemblance appears to be coincidental. The standard Arabic for "a desert mirage" is sarāb.

1. The girl was a mirage, cast up by his troubled mind.

那個女孩是他的幻覺，是他那憂鬱不安的頭腦妄想出來的。

來自柯林斯例句

2. It hovered before his eyes like the mirage of an oasis.

它在他眼前晃動，好像海市蜃樓裏的綠洲。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The objectivity of science is a mirage.

所謂科學的客觀性是一種幻想。

來自柯林斯例句

4. His idea of love was a mirage.

他的愛情觀不現實。

來自《權威詞典》

5. Perhaps we are all just chasing a mirage.

也許我們都隻是在追逐一個幻想.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》