black mirror

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mirror used to practice divination or other magic rituals.
    — She had marvellous eyes; great, wide-open, and as black and soft as velvet, with a mysterious depth. To look in them was like gazing at a black mirror such as Doctor Dee used in his wizard rites.
  2. Synonym of Claude glass.
    — Thus, when Manet speaks of using the black mirror—and X-ray examinations of the head seem to confirm his statements—he does so, apparently, in the manner of those Renaissance painters who saw it as a “judge” and “master”.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, mirror.

词形变化

black mirrors plural
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