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fata morgana

/Italian fah-tah mawr-gah-nah/US // Italian ˈfɑ tɑ mɔrˈgɑ nɑ //

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Meteorology. a mirage consisting of multiple images, as of cliffs and buildings, that are distorted and magnified to resemble elaborate castles, often seen near the Straits of Messina.

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Examples

  • The youngest, Fata, only 12, danced around and pretended to be singing traditional songs from our ethnic tribal group, the Kpelle.

  • Upon this Queen Morgana's cheeks grew very red, and her eyes shone like sparks of fire.

  • Then Queen Morgana gave him her hand, and he kneeled, and took her jewelled fingers in his and set her hand to his lips.

  • But Nature, as if to take away the reproach of permitting such a vast blotch on her fair face, kindly threw in Fata Morgana.

  • This "Fata Morgana" was not merely interesting in itself, but also gave reason to indulge in the hope of a favourable wind.

  • They are called fes or fetes (Latin fata), and sometimes fions, which reminds us of the fions of Scottish and Irish folk-lore.