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
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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
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.
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