mirage

• n. 海市蜃楼；幻想，妄想

可能来自miracle,奇迹，引申词义幻景，海市蜃楼。或来自mirror,镜子，引申词义反射，反射体。

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.

那个女孩是他的幻觉，是他那忧郁不安的头脑妄想出来的。

来自柯林斯例句

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

它在他眼前晃动，好像海市蜃楼里的绿洲。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The objectivity of science is a mirage.

所谓科学的客观性是一种幻想。

来自柯林斯例句

4. His idea of love was a mirage.

他的爱情观不现实。

来自《权威词典》

5. Perhaps we are all just chasing a mirage.

也许我们都只是在追逐一个幻想.

来自《简明英汉词典》