mirageとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /mɪˈɹɑːʒ/, /mɪˈɹɑːdʒ/
• 韻: -ɑːʒ

名詞

mirage (複数形 mirages)

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.

   Hypernym: optical illusion

   Hyponym: Fata Morgana

2. (figuratively) An illusion.
   • 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 68:

     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.

動詞

mirage (三人称単数 現在形 mirages, 現在分詞 miraging, 過去形および過去分詞形 miraged)

1. (transitive) To cause to appear as or like a mirage.
   • 1915, E. Phillips Oppenheim, Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo‎^[1]:

     All that had been in his mind seemed suddenly miraged before him—the removal of Hunterleys, his own wife's failing health.

   • 1901, A. E. W. Mason, Ensign Knightley and Other Stories‎^[2]:

     The vision of a salon was miraged before her, with herself in the middle deftly manipulating the destinies of a nation.

Further reading

• mirage on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• Margie, gamier, imager, maigre