mirror

Значение (Английский)

Noun

1. A smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light so as to give an image of what is in front of it.
2. An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another.
3. A disk, website or other resource that contains replicated data.
4. A mirror carp.
5. A kind of political self-help book, advising kings, princes, etc. on how to behave.

Verb

1. Of an event, activity, behaviour, etc, to be identical to; to be a copy of.
2. To create something identical to (a web site, etc.).
3. To reflect, as in a mirror.

Произносится как (IPA)

/ˈmɪ.ɹə/

Этимология (Английский)

From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy."

Предложения

Sunday Mirror thought Goodman was at the core of the game .

Воскресное зеркало подумала, что Гудман был в основе игры.