an effect caused by hot air in deserts or on roads, that makes you think you can see something, such as water, which is not there 蜃景;海市蜃楼 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + mirage- see
- chase
- vanish
a hope or wish that you cannot make happen because it is not realistic synonym illusion幻想;妄想 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + mirage- see
- chase
- vanish
Word Originearly 19th cent.: from French, from se mirer ‘be reflected’, from Latin mirare ‘look at’.