Heat shimmers on the road.

Meaning: This means that the heat from the sun is causing the air above the road to shimmer or waver, making it look like the road is shimmering.

Choice of Words: Shimmers means to shine with a faint, wavering light. On means in contact with the surface of something. Road is a paved or unpaved way for vehicles to travel on. When you put them together, it means that the heat is causing the air above the road to shimmer or waver.

Alternative Expressions

The road is hot and it looks like the air above it is moving.

Meaning: This means that the road is so hot that it makes the air above it look like it's moving or shimmering.

Choice of Words: Heat refers to the high temperature, shimmers means to move or change shape slightly and unsteadily, and road is the paved area where cars drive. When we put these words together, we get a picture of a hot road where the air above it is moving in a wavy or unsteady way.

The heat from the road makes the air look like it's moving.

Meaning: This means that the heat coming from the road is making the air above it look like it's moving or wobbling.

Choice of Words: Heat refers to the high temperature, from indicates the source of the heat, road is the paved area where cars drive, and shimmers means to move or change shape slightly and unsteadily. When we combine these words, we understand that the heat coming from the road is causing the air above it to move or shimmer.

The hot road creates an illusion of movement in the air above it.

Meaning: This means that the heat from the road is so intense that it makes the air above it look like it's moving, even though it's not actually moving.

Choice of Words: Hot refers to the high temperature of the road, creates means to bring something into existence, illusion is something that appears to be true but is not, movement refers to the act of moving, and above indicates a higher position. When we put these words together, we get a more detailed explanation of the phenomenon where the hot road makes the air above it appear to be moving.

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