mirage
UKmirɑːʒ
USmə'rɔʒ
معنی فارسی
سراب کوراب
معنی کامل و مثالها
/mi räzh´/n.
● سراب، گوراب
if, in order to get water, you follow a mirage
(عنصری) بهر آب ار روی سوی گوراب ...
● هر چیز گولزننده، خیال واهی
his hope of getting married and having children was no more than a mirage
امید زن گرفتن و بچهدار شدن او سرابی بیش نبود.
ریشه و کاربرد
ریشه
From French 'mirage', from 'se mirer' (to be reflected), ultimately from Latin 'mirari' (to wonder).
مثال
- In the desert, a mirage can make it seem like there is a lake on the horizon.
- The weary traveler mistook the mirage for an oasis.
- Mirages are often observed in hot, arid regions.
ترکیبهای رایج
create a mirage mistake the mirage for observe mirages disappeared as the sun rose
تعریف انگلیسی
noun
- an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
- something illusory and unattainable