| 单词 | hall of mirrors |
| 释义 | > as lemmashall of mirrors hall of mirrors n. (a) a room lined, filled, or decorated with mirrors, often as a show of opulence in a grand house; (b) (in an amusement park, fairground, etc.) a room containing full-length mirrors with surfaces curved to distort a person's reflection, often in a maze-like attraction through which a visitor must navigate; cf. funhouse n.Frequently in figurative use, suggesting disorienting replication, grotesque distortion, or both. [In use with reference to the Palace of Versailles (compare quot. 1984) after French Galerie des Glaces (1818 or earlier).] ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > place of amusement or entertainment > fairground or amusement park > [noun] > other side-shows poppy-show1691 hall of mirrors1789 peep show1851 funhouse1920 freak show1939 Wall of Death1946 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > types of room generally > [noun] > others hell1310 summer hall1388 summer parloura1425 paradise1485 fire room1591 garden room1619 ease-room1629 portcullis1631 divan1678 but?1700 sluttery1711 rotunda1737 glass casea1777 dungeon1782 hall of mirrors1789 balcony-chamber1800 showroom1820 mirror room1858 vomitorium1923 mosquito room1925 refuge room1937 quiet room1938 Florida room1968 roomset1980 wet room1982 1789 tr. Friend of Virtue I. 46 He..introduced them into an hall of mirrors, the wax lights of which, a thousand and a thousand times reflected, produced astonishing effects. 1907 Punch (Melbourne) 18 Apr. 528/2 Newspaper reports..are apt to be like that Hall of Mirrors..where you see yourself distorted into length and breadth, and never yourself at all. 1984 M. Jonas United States & Germany v. 147 The ceremony was staged by the French in the Hall of Mirrors of the palace of Versailles. 2000 N.Y. Times 9 Nov. a11/4 Today's testimony became a hall of mirrors: witness after witness touched cryptically on the arcane angles of popular theories about who blew up the plane. < as lemmas |
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