逃にげ水みず

noun

road mirage; water mirage

Refers to the optical illusion on hot roads where distant surfaces appear wet or reflective, as if water is present. A specific type of inferior mirage.

• 夏なつのアスファルトに逃にげ水みずが見みえた。

  I saw a road mirage on the asphalt in summer.

• 逃にげ水みずは、遠とおくの路ろ面めんが水みずたまりのように見みえる現げん象しょうだ。

  A road mirage is a phenomenon where the distant road surface looks like a puddle.