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ignis fatuus

/ig-nis -fach-oo-uhs/US // ˈɪg nɪs ˈfætʃ u əs //

痴心妄想,痴人说梦,痴心妄想症,燃烧的火焰

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    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.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounillusion
Synonyms
apparition幽灵,幻影,幻觉,幻象bubble泡沫,泡泡,气泡,泡沫化chimera嵌合体,拟态,嵌合剂,蛹虫草confusion混乱,迷惑,混乱局面,困惑daydream白日梦,白日做梦,做白日梦,白昼梦deception诈骗,欺骗,欺骗行为,欺骗性delusion错觉,妄想,妄念,幻想error错误,误差,错,差错fallacy谬误,谬论,误区,谬种false impression虚假印象,虚假的印象,假象,错觉fancy花式,幻想,花哨的,幻想的fantasy幻想,梦幻,幻象,幻觉figment of imagination臆想,幻觉,幻想,虚构事实fool's paradise傻子的天堂,傻瓜天堂,傻子天堂,愚公移山的天堂ghost幽灵,阴魂不散,魂魄,幽冥hallucination幻觉,幻象,幻听,幻想head trip头程,头部旅行,头游,头部行程hocus-pocus变戏法,骗人,骗人的东西,骗局idolism偶像崇拜,偶像主义,偶像信仰,象征性ignus fatuus痴心妄想,痴人说梦,痴心妄想症,痴心妄想者image形象,图像,影像,画面invention发明,发明创造,发明的,发明的东西make-believe虚构,虚构的,虚构事实,伪造的mirage蜃楼,幻觉,海市蜃楼,蜃景misapprehension误解,错误理解,错觉,不理解misbelief误信,误解,错信,误判misconception错觉,误解,误区,谬误misimpression错误印象,误解,错觉,误区mockery嘲讽,嘲弄,讽刺,嘲笑myth神话,神话故事,神话传说,神話optical illusion视觉错觉,视觉幻觉,视错觉,错觉paramnesia赦免,赦免令,遗忘症,赦免书phantasm幻觉,幻象,幻影,幻境phantasma幻觉,幻象,幻影剂,幻影症pipe dream梦想,黄粱美梦,梦寐以求,黄粱梦rainbow彩虹,虹膜,虹彩,云彩seeming貌似,看似,看起来,似乎是semblance象征性,外貌特征,象征性的,象征trip旅行,旅程,旅程中,旅行中virtual reality虚拟现实,虚拟现实技术,虚拟实境,虛擬現實will-o'-the-wisp巫师,巫婆,鬼马精灵,鬼火

Examples

  • 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.