Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense mirrors, present participle mirroring, past tense, past participle mirrored
1N-COUNT 镜子 A mirror is a flat piece of glass which reflects light, so that when you look at it you can see yourself reflected in it. 镜子
He absent-mindedly looked at himself in the mirror.
他心不在焉地看着镜中的自己。
He checked his mirror and saw that a dark coloured van was immediately behind him.
他看了一下后视镜,发现一辆深色货车紧随其后。
SYN looking-glass, glass [British], reflector, speculum
mirrored
...a mirrored ceiling.
装了镜子的天花板
2VERB 反映;再现;与…相似 If something mirrors something else, it has similar features to it, and therefore seems like a copy or representation of it. 反映;再现;与…相似
The book inevitably mirrors my own interests and experiences. [VERB noun]
这本书不可避免地反映出我个人的喜好与经历。
His own shock was mirrored on her face. [VERB noun]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + MIRROR | MIRROR + VERB | MIRROR + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤bathroom, bedroom浴室鏡;卧室鏡子▸➤compact, dresser, make-up, pocket, shaving化妝鏡;梳妝鏡;袖珍鏡;剃鬚鏡➤hand, hand-held (NAmE) 手鏡▸➤full-length, tall穿衣鏡;高大的鏡子▸➤framed, ornate有框的/裝飾華麗的鏡子➤antique古董鏡▸➤two-way雙向透明玻璃鏡◇He watched them through a two-way mirror.他透過雙向透明玻璃鏡看着他們。➤concave, convex凹鏡;凸鏡➤oval, round橢圓鏡;圓鏡▸➤rear, rear-view, side-view, wing (BrE) 後視鏡;側後視鏡◇Always check your mirror before pulling out to overtake.超車前一定要注意看後視鏡。➤funhouse (NAmE) 哈哈鏡➤broken, cracked破碎的/有裂紋的鏡子VERB + MIRROR➤use用鏡子▸➤glance in, look in, look into瞥一眼鏡子;照鏡子▸➤admire yourself in, examine yourself in, look at yourself/your face in欣賞鏡中的自己;審視鏡中的自己;在鏡中端詳自己/自己的臉◇He was busy admiring himself in the mirror.他忙着在鏡前自我欣賞。➤face, sit at, stand in front of面對鏡子;坐在鏡子前;站在鏡子前▸➤check看車鏡▸➤catch sight of sb/sth in, see sb/sth in在鏡子裏看見⋯▸➤hang掛鏡子◇We hung a mirror over the fireplace.我們在壁爐上方掛了面鏡子。➤break, crack, smash打破/砸裂/砸碎鏡子MIRROR + VERB➤reflect sth, reveal sth, show sth鏡子照出⋯➤hang鏡子懸掛◇a large mirror hanging on the wall behind him他背後牆上掛着的一面大鏡子MIRROR + NOUN➤image, reflection (especially NAmE) 鏡像;鏡面反射◇Art can be seen as a mirror image of society.藝術可看作是對社會的反映。PREPOSITION➤in a/the mirror在鏡中◇She stared at her face in the mirror.她盯着鏡子裏自己的臉。mirror
verb
ADVERB | VERB + MIRROR | PHRASESADVERB➤closely密切地反映◇The trends here closely mirror those in America.這兒的潮流緊跟美國。➤exactly, faithfully, perfectly精確地/忠實地/如實地反映➤almost幾乎反映出VERB + MIRROR➤seem to似乎反映出PHRASES➤be mirrored by sth, be mirrored in sth在⋯中得到反映◇The jump in business confidence has been mirrored by the increase in employment.就業人數的增加反映出商業信心的大大增強。➤be mirrored in sb's face, be mirrored on sb's face映在某人的臉上◇The shock was mirrored on her face.她面露震驚之色。