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mirage 【mirage】n. 海市蜃楼；空想I saw a mirage that made highway ahead seem to be flooded with water.我看见一个幻影，使得前头的公路好似被水淹没一般。

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[mə'rɑːʒ] 
miragean optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
Next time you’re traveling in the desert, make sure you carry plenty of water. That enticing pool of water you see far away in the distance may be a mirage, or an optical illusion.
A mirage is created when light is distorted by layers of hot air. A mirage that looks like a body of water is actually an image of the sky. Even if you don’t spend much time in the desert, you may have noticed this phenomenon when driving on the highway on a hot day. Under certain conditions you can see in the distance what appears to be a puddle of water across the road. You’ll never reach the puddle, however: it’s just an illusion. The word mirage can be used in a more general sense to refer to anything that is unattainable or a false perception.
All forms of 'mirage' will appear on average once every 2805 pages.mirage

Front	mirage
Pron	[mə'rɑːʒ]
Back	【mirage】 n. 海市蜃楼；空想 I saw a mirage that made highway ahead seem to be flooded with water. 我看见一个幻影，使得前头的公路好似被水淹没一般。
Vocab	miragean optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects Next time you’re traveling in the desert, make sure you carry plenty of water. That enticing pool of water you see far away in the distance may be a mirage, or an optical illusion. A mirage is created when light is distorted by layers of hot air. A mirage that looks like a body of water is actually an image of the sky. Even if you don’t spend much time in the desert, you may have noticed this phenomenon when driving on the highway on a hot day. Under certain conditions you can see in the distance what appears to be a puddle of water across the road. You’ll never reach the puddle, however: it’s just an illusion. The word mirage can be used in a more general sense to refer to anything that is unattainable or a false perception. All forms of 'mirage' will appear on average once every 2805 pages. mirage

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