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will-o'-the-wisp

will-o'-the-wisp
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释义
  • will-o'-the-wisp

    常考释义

    • n. 鬼火;幻影;使人迷惑的人[东西];不可捉摸的东西
    • 复数:will-o'-the-wisps  
单词详解
  • 汉英
1.鬼火,磷火
2.幻影,幻象;使人迷惑的人[东西];不可捉摸的东西
3.行踪不定的人
  • 汉汉意思
n.1.a phosphorescent light sometimes seen at night over marshy ground, caused by the spontaneous combustion of gases given off by rotting organic matter
2.somebody or something that is misleading or elusive, e.g. a false hope
  • 实用场景例句

With only a few hundred dollars on hand, travelling around the world is a will-o'-the-wisp.

手头上只有寥寥数百元,环游世界只是一个空想。

One bullet, however, better aimed or more treacherous than the rest, finally struck the will-o'-the-wisp of a child.

可是有一颗子弹,比其余的都来得准些,或者说,比其余的都更为奸诈,终于射中了这磷火似的孩子。

A will-o'-the-wisp caught Bink's nervous eye.

一股鬼火在宾克神色紧张的眼前滑过。

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