transcription, транскрипция: [ mɪrə(r) ]
( mirrors, mirroring, mirrored)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
A mirror is a flat piece of glass which reflects light, so that when you look at it you can see yourself reflected in it.
He absent-mindedly looked at himself in the mirror...
N-COUNT
• mir‧rored
...a mirrored ceiling.
ADJ
2.
If something mirrors something else, it has similar features to it, and therefore seems like a copy or representation of it.
The book inevitably mirrors my own interests and experiences...
= reflect
VERB : V n
3.
If you see something reflected in water, you can say that the water mirrors it. ( LITERARY )
...the sudden glitter where a newly-flooded field mirrors the sky...
= reflect
VERB : V n