gossip mirror
名词 n.
英 /ˈɡɒsɪp ˌmɪɹə/
美 /ˈɡɑsəp ˌmɪɹəɹ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A mirror or pair of mirrors mounted outside a window, allowing the viewer to see along a street while remaining indoors.
— Röschen was keeping watch at the gossip-mirror in the library window, and would give warning as soon as she saw the great R and his Hindoo adept in the distance.
词源
From gossip (noun) + mirror (noun), a calque of a North Germanic language (compare Finnish juorupeili and Swedish skvallerspegel), from the idea that such mirrors are used by gossips to spy on other people in the street.
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