mirror
要点鏡
意味
- 鏡;(物の)鏡のような面
- (…の)姿を映す物;(…の)反映,手本(example)《+of+名》
- …を鏡に映す;〈鏡が〉…を映す
- (鏡に映すように)…を映し出す,描き出す
例文
Judy spends a lot of time looking in the mirror.
ジュデイーは鏡を見て多くの時間を過ごす。
Marie is drying her hair in front of the mirror.
マリーなら、鏡の前で髪を乾かしてるわ。
That's not fair! You saw my cards in the mirror!
それはずるい!あなた、鏡で私のカードを見たでしょ!
語源
ラテン語mirari「驚いて見つめる」から。自分をじっと見る道具「鏡」。
miracle(奇跡)・admire(感嘆する)も同じ仲間。
英語の原文(Wiktionary)
From Middle English mirour, from Old French mireor (“mirror”, literally “looker, watcher”), from mirer (“look at”), from Latin mīror (“wonder at”), from mīrus (“wonderful”), from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to laugh, to be glad”). Displaced native Middle English schewere, schawere, from Old English sċēawere (“mirror”, literally “watcher”), which was also the word for "spy".