black mirror
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
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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.
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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”.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, mirror.
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