will-o--the-wisp

单词will-o--the-wisp

基本解释

n.: 难以捉摸的人（或事物）；镜花水月；虚无之物；磷火

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。