| 单词 | looking glass |
| 释义 | looking glass (once / 14432 pages) n A looking glass is an object with a surface so reflective that you can see yourself in it — in other words, a mirror. You might check out your reflection in a looking glass before you leave the house in the morning. Looking glass is a somewhat old-fashioned, literary way to say "mirror." The word glass on its own can mean "mirror" too, coming from a root meaning "to shine." After Lewis Carroll's book "Through the Looking-Glass," was published in 1871, looking glass came to also mean "the opposite of what is normal or expected," like a confusing looking glass world or a mysterious looking glass philosophy. WORD FAMILYlooking glass USAGE EXAMPLESChiang writes the human-alien encounters as leisurely endeavors, conducted through a looking glass, in a utilitarian tent, over the course of months. The New Yorker(Nov 16, 2016) The writing just slowly spread across the magic wall, and the media went through the looking glass. New York Times(Nov 09, 2016) When she took her last breath, squeezing my hand that sunny Thursday afternoon, I fell through the looking glass. New York Times(Oct 21, 2016) n a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror Syn|Hyper glass mirror polished surface that forms images by reflecting light |
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