ignis fatuus 的定义
plural ig·nes fat·u·i [ig-neez -fach-oo-ahy]. /ˈɪg niz ˈfætʃ uˌaɪ/.
- Also called friar's lantern, will-o'-the-wisp. a flitting phosphorescent light seen at night, chiefly over marshy ground, and believed to be due to spontaneous combustion of gas from decomposed organic matter.
- something deluding or misleading.
ignis fatuus 近义词
illusion
ignis fatuus 的近义词 41 个
- apparition
- bubble
- chimera
- confusion
- daydream
- deception
- delusion
- error
- fallacy
- false impression
- fancy
- fantasy
- figment of imagination
- fool's paradise
- ghost
- hallucination
- head trip
- hocus-pocus
- idolism
- ignus fatuus
- image
- invention
- make-believe
- mirage
- misapprehension
- misbelief
- misconception
- misimpression
- mockery
- myth
- optical illusion
- paramnesia
- phantasm
- phantasma
- pipe dream
- rainbow
- seeming
- semblance
- trip
- virtual reality
- will-o'-the-wisp
更多ignis fatuus例句
- This was doubtless a true ignis fatuus, and the circumstances necessary to produce it were then present, viz.
- Thus far the Hofrath; who vanishes, as is his wont, too like an Ignis Fatuus, leaving the dark still darker.
- Still the ignis fatuus of a shorter route to India tantalized the early navigators.
- He had not been imposed upon by his fancy; he had not been deceived by some ignis fatuus.
- It is, in truth, a shadow as intangible as our own; an ignis fatuus of our being.