英['mɪrɑːʒ]美[mə'rɑːʒ]
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可能来自miracle，奇迹，引申词义幻景，海市蜃楼。或来自mirror，镜子，引申词义反射，反射体。
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小知识
Next time you’re traveling in the desert, make sure you carry plenty of water. That enticing pool of water you see far away in the distance may be a mirage, or an optical illusion.
A mirage is created when light is distorted by layers of hot air. A mirage that looks like a body of water is actually an image of the sky. Even if you don’t spend much time in the desert, you may have noticed this phenomenon when driving on the highway on a hot day. Under certain conditions you can see in the distance what appears to be a puddle of water across the road. You’ll never reach the puddle, however: it’s just an illusion. The word mirage can be used in a more general sense to refer to anything that is unattainable or a false perception.
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词根 mir= wonder, to look 惊奇；看 admire v. 羡慕 ad 加强 + mir 惊奇；看 + e → 很惊奇地看 → 羡慕 admiration n. 钦佩，赞赏 admire的名词 miracle n. 奇迹 mir 惊奇；看 + acle 表物 → 让人惊奇的东西 → 奇迹 miraculous adj. 奇迹般的 mirac〔le〕奇迹 + ulous …的 → 奇迹般的 mirage n. 奇景，海市蜃楼 mir 惊奇；看 + age 表名词 → 让人惊奇 → 奇景 mirror n. 镜子 mirr 惊奇；看 + or 表器物 → 能看见自己的东西 → 镜子 mirth n. 欢乐，高兴 mir 惊奇；看 + th 表状态 → 惊喜的状态 → 欢乐