The engine was throwing off so much heat that the air above it shimmered with haze.

【throw】发动机散发出太多的热量，使它的上方雾蒙蒙的一片。

Men lay down to die, and the last sight that met their puzzled eyes was the rails shining in the merciless sun, heat shimmering along them.

人们倒下死去时，他们那模糊的眼睛看到的最后一个景物，也是在无情的太阳下闪闪发光和炽热炙人的铁轨。