mirror
/ˈmiɹɚ/ sustantivo A2En español: espejo
- 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. · I had a look in the mirror to see if the blood had come off my face.· He broke the mirror with the pickaxe.
- An object, person, or event that reflects or gives a picture of another. · His story is a mirror into the life of orphans growing up.
- A website or server that contains replicated data from another site. · Although the content had been deleted from his blog, it was still found on some mirrors.
- A mirror carp.
- An ethical-didactic treatise that details exemplary conduct through models, advising kings, princes, clergy, etc. on how to behave.
Plural mirrors
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Above it hung a little six-by-eight mirror.
While they were playing one day as children, they happened by chance to look together into a mirror that was placed on their mother’s chair.
The father embraced them both, and bestowing his kisses and affection impartially on each, said, “I wish you both would look into the mirror every day: you, my son, that you may not spoil your beauty by evil conduct; and you, my daughter, that you may make up for your lack of beauty by your virtues.”
A mantle-piece, with two modern Sèvres vases, a timepiece representing Cupid with his bent bow, a mirror with an engraving on each side—one representing Homer carrying his guide, the other, Belisarius begging—a grayish paper; red and black tapestry—such was the appearance of Lord Wilmore’s drawing-room.
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