名詞 mirror:

1. polished surface that forms images by reflecting light
2. a faithful depiction or reflection

動(dòng)詞 mirror:

1. reflect as if in a mirror
2. reflect or resemble

1. Steam has fogged the bathroom mirror.
   水蒸氣把浴室里的鏡子遮住了。
2. A glance in the mirror reassured him that his tie wasn't crooked.
   他照了一下鏡子，領(lǐng)帶確實(shí)沒(méi)有戴歪。
3. Literature is a mirror of its time.
   文學(xué)是時(shí)代的鏡子。
4. The cat felt curious when she saw her own reflection in the mirror.
   小貓看到自己在鏡子中的倒影，感到很好奇。
5. The clear water mirrored the blue sky.
   清澈的水中映出蔚藍(lán)的天空。
6. She stared at herself in the mirror.
   她凝視著鏡中的自己。

mir.ror

n.（名詞）
A surface capable of reflecting sufficient undiffused light to form a virtual image of an object placed in front of it.Also called looking glass
鏡：能夠反射足夠的非散射性光從而能形成放置于其前的物體的真實(shí)圖象的一個(gè)平面也作 looking glass
Something that faithfully reflects or gives a true picture of something else.
鏡子（比喻義）：能真實(shí)反映另外事物的情況和給出一個(gè)真實(shí)的畫(huà)面的物體
Something worthy of imitation.
榜樣：值得模仿的東西
v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
mir.rored,mir.ror.ing,mir.rors
To reflect in or as if in a mirror:
反映：在鏡中或如在鏡中映出：
例句：
.The city mirrors many of the greatest moments of Western culture.(Olivier Bernier)
.這座城市反映了西方文明中許多最偉大的時(shí)刻.(奧利維耶·貝尼耶)

來(lái)源：
Middle English mirour
中古英語(yǔ) mirour
from Old French mireor
源自 古法語(yǔ) mireor
from mirer [to look at]
源自 mirer [看]
from Latin mor3ro [to wonder at]
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) mor3ro [驚訝于]
from morus [wonderful] * see smei-
源自 morus [令人驚訝的] *參見(jiàn) smei-