ignis fatuus / ˈɪg nɪs ˈfætʃ u əs /

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ignis fatuus 的定义

n. 名词 noun

plural ig·nes fat·u·i [ig-neez -fach-oo-ahy]. /ˈɪg niz ˈfætʃ uˌaɪ/.

  1. 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.
  2. something deluding or misleading.

ignis fatuus 近义词

n. 名词 noun

illusion

更多ignis fatuus例句

  1. This was doubtless a true ignis fatuus, and the circumstances necessary to produce it were then present, viz.
  2. Thus far the Hofrath; who vanishes, as is his wont, too like an Ignis Fatuus, leaving the dark still darker.
  3. Still the ignis fatuus of a shorter route to India tantalized the early navigators.
  4. He had not been imposed upon by his fancy; he had not been deceived by some ignis fatuus.
  5. It is, in truth, a shadow as intangible as our own; an ignis fatuus of our being.