| 单词 | mirror |
| 释义 | mirror (once / 219 pages) nv A mirror is a glass surface backed with a metallic coating that reflects images that are in front of it. When you gaze at yourself in a mirror, your own face gazes right back at you. "Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all?" asks the evil queen in "Snow White," as she admires her reflection. Ordinary mirrors can't answer this question, but they can show you how you look in your new hat or whether you have spinach between your teeth. And the verb mirror means "reflect," as when the surface of a lake mirrors the sky. WORD FAMILYmirror: mirrored, mirroring, mirrorlike, mirrors USAGE EXAMPLESAt one point in the season, the two teams appeared to be mirror images of each other. New York Times(Jan 03, 2017) Like the protagonists of those shows, the main character shares his name and the show mirrors, somewhat, his own life. Salon(Jan 02, 2017) What is needed is to hold the mirror up to society and understand why we deem some forms of dress acceptable and others unacceptable. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1n polished surface that forms images by reflecting light Hypo|Hyper car mirror a mirror that the driver of a car can use cheval glassa full length mirror mounted in a frame in which it can be tilted hand glass, hand mirrora mirror intended to be held in the hand glass, looking glassa mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror pier glass, pier mirrora large mirror between two windows speculuma mirror (especially one made of polished metal) for use in an optical instrument outside mirrorcar mirror that reflects the view at side and behind car rearview mirrorcar mirror that reflects the view out of the rear window reflector device that reflects radiation 2n a faithful depiction or reflection the best mirror is an old friend Hyper depicting, depiction, portrayal, portraying a representation by picture or portraiture 3v reflect as if in a mirror The smallest pond at night mirrors the firmament above Hyper reflect, reverberate to throw or bend back (from a surface) 4v reflect or resemble The plane crash in Milan mirrored the attack in the World Trade Center Hyper reflect give evidence of the quality of |
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