English Dictionary

mirage

IPA（発音記号）

/mɪˈɹɑːʒ/

名詞

比喩的用法

An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water. / (figuratively) An illusion.

日本語の意味

光の屈折により、高温の空気層を通して地表近くで生じる錯覚現象（蜃気楼） / 比喩的な意味での幻想や幻影

After hours of driving across the desert, we finally realized the lake in the distance was only a mirage.

砂漠を何時間も運転した末、遠くに見えた湖は地表付近の熱い空気の層で光が屈折して起こる水の幻にすぎないと気づいた。

意味（1）

An optical phenomenon in which light is refracted through a layer of hot air close to the ground, often giving the illusion of a body of water.

意味（2）

(figuratively) An illusion.

I remember hearing, that in the East the clear and azure waters seem to flow before the weary and parched traveller; yet a little further, and on he urges his weary way, but in vain—the fair stream is a delusion. Even thus happiness is the mirage which leads us over the desert of life, ever fated to end in deceit and disappointment.

mirages （ plural ）