specular

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈspɛk.jʊ.lə/    美 /ˈspɛk.jə.lɚ/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to mirrors; mirror-like, reflective.
    — a perfect likeness would rather suggest a specular, and hence speculatory, phenomenon [...].
  2. Of or relating to a speculum; conducted with the aid of a speculum.
    — a specular examination
  3. Assisting sight, like a lens etc.
    — Thy specular orb / Apply to well-dissected kernels; lo! / In each observe the slender threads / Of first-beginning trees.
  4. Offering an expansive view; picturesque. poetic
    — Calm as the Universe, from specular towers / Of heaven contemplated by Spirits pure.

词形变化

more specular comparative most specular superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
aspecular despecularize nonspecular specular iron specularity specularization specularize specularly specular stone

词源

From Latin speculāris, from speculum; and in some senses from speculārī (“to watch, observe”). Some later senses via French spéculaire.
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