mirror• The telescopecontains a large convexmirror to collect the light.• It makes even the rocks part of its dancingmirror.• She never left the house without having a quick look at herself in the hallmirror.• It is comparable with the oddness which might visit all our outwardappearances if we stopped looking in mirror.• I saw her in the long mirror behind the bar, staring at me.• The Cockring consisted of several bars, smokedmirrors, strands of white lights along the walls, and a sunken dance-floor.• She turned away from the mirror and, putting her cosmetics in a vanitybag, opened the door.• I could see in the wingmirror that my arrival had provoked some interest.
looked in ... mirror• She dropped the photos, rushed into the bathroom and looked in the mirror.• I took off up the road and looked in the mirror.• Sometimes he looked in the mirror and pulled. his lowereyelids down to see if he had anaemia.• He looked in the mirror and could see a gout of her smoker's phlegm on his cheek.• I looked in the mirror again; it was hopeless.• I looked in the mirror and saw for the thousandth time that I was beautiful.• I looked in the mirrortoday and I could see it in my eyes.• Primo looked in the mirror and saw him standing right behind him.
wing mirror• The fork-lift truck was not fitted with either wing mirrors or a speedometer.• As the Ford charged after the Mercedes, Dunn saw in his wing mirror a spurt of tracer fire.• They came down on the coach from Manchester and were delayed for an hour by a missingwing mirror.• Hedges rose to either side and the Cadillac's wing mirrorsclipped against them.• Mobuto recoiled in horror, stumbling back painfully into the Studebaker's wing mirror.• All the controls are easy to use, although adjusting the wing mirrors took a bit of working out.• Bill was leaning on his cab, spitting at the wing mirror and half-heartedly polishing it with his sleeve.• I could see in the wing mirror that my arrival had provoked some interest.
mirror2 ●○○ verb [transitiveT]
REFLECTif one thing mirrors another, it is very similar to it and may seem to copy or represent it 与〔另一事物〕相似;反映SYN reflect
Henry’s sad smile mirrored that of his son.
亨利脸上那苦涩的笑容跟他儿子一模一样。
The economic recovery in Britain was mirrored in the US.
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
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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。