单词 | reflex image |
释义 | > as lemmasreflex image reflex image n. now rare (chiefly poetic) an image displayed in, or as in, a mirror; a reflected image; also figurative. ΚΠ 1654 J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum lxx. 532 An Expresse reflex Image of God. a1797 W. Mason Religio Clerici ii. in Wks. (1811) I. 444 If Locke or Newton in a glass Survey'd the reflex image of his face. 1875 L. Morris Songs of Two Worlds 3rd Ser. 26 If he [sc. God] be not a reflex image, we may not know him at all. 1913 Washington Post 3 June 2/6 A congressman is but the reflex image of the people who sent him to Washington. 1990 Christian Sci. Monitor (Nexis) 13 Aug. 13 Like reflex images, the two tales of ‘The Chymical Wedding’ mirror each other. < as lemmas |
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