- [countable]
a piece of special flat glass that reflects images, so that you can see yourself when you look in it 镜子 - in the mirror
He looked at himself in the mirror. 他照了照镜子。 Remember to look in the mirror (= in a car, when driving) before signalling. 发信号前记得照照镜子。 the bathroom mirror 浴室镜子
Extra ExamplesTopics Houses and homesa2He was busy admiring himself in the mirror. 他忙着在镜前自我欣赏。 She stared at her face in the mirror. 她盯着镜子里自己的脸。 We hung a mirror over the fireplace. 我们在壁炉上方挂了面镜子。 a large mirror hanging on the wall behind him 他背后墙上挂着的一面大镜子 She glanced at her reflection in the mirror. 她瞥了一眼镜子里的自己。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bathroom
- bedroom
- compact
- …
- use
- glance in
- look in
- …
- reflect something
- reveal something
- show something
- …
- image
- reflection
- in a/the mirror
- in the mirror
- a mirror of something [singular]
something that shows what something else is like 写照;反映某种情况的事物 The face is the mirror of the soul. 相由心生。 Dickens' novels are a mirror of his times. 狄更斯的小说是他那个时代的一面镜子。
- (also mirror site)(
computing )计算机 a website that is a copy of another website but that has a different address on the internet 镜像站点;复制网络站点
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French mirour, based on Latin mirare ‘look at’. Early senses also included ‘a crystal used in magic’ and ‘a person deserving imitation’.
Idioms
smoke and mirrors
the fact of hiding the truth with information that is not important or relevant 镜像: 使用不重要或不相关的信息隐藏事实There's a lot of smoke and mirrors in the financing of this film. 这部电影的融资有很多问题。