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mirage

/mɪˈrɑːʒ/

/mɪˈrɑʒ/

miragesubstantiv

mirages

Pl.

/mɪˈrɑːʒ/

/mɪˈrɑʒ/

Übersetzungen

мираж

The desert traveler saw a mirage of an oasis in the distance.

Путешественник по пустыне увидел мираж оазиса вдалеке.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

фата-моргана

иллюзия

Definitionen

An optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky.

As they trudged through the desert, the travelers were deceived by a mirage that looked like a distant oasis.

Something that appears real or possible but is not in fact so; an illusion.

The promise of easy wealth was just a mirage that led many to financial ruin.

Synonyme

optical illusion

mirageadjektiv

more mirage

Komp.

most mirage

Super.

/mɪˈrɑːʒ/

/məˈrɑːʒ/

Used attributively to modify another noun with the sense ‘illusory, unreal or unattainable’.

Definitionen

Illusory, unreal, or impossible to attain; resembling a mirage.

They pursued mirage hopes of overnight fame.

mirageeigenname

Definitionen

A famous hotel and casino on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada, or other entities formally named ‘Mirage’.

We spent three nights at The Mirage on our trip to Nevada.