名词

1. （镜子里的）映像;（水中的）倒影
A reflection is an image that you can see in a mirror or in glass or water.

2. （光或热等的）反射
Reflection is the process by which light and heat are sent back from a surface and do not pass through it.

3. 反映;表现;显示;体现
If you say that something is a reflection of a particular person's attitude or of a situation, you mean that it is caused by that attitude or situation and therefore reveals something about it.

4. 坏的印象
If something is a reflection or a sad reflection on a person or thing, it gives a bad impression of them.

5. 深思;见解;想法
Reflection is careful thought about a particular subject. Your reflections are your thoughts about a particular subject.

6. 评论;感想
Reflections on something are comments or writings that express someone's ideas about it.

1. the image of something as reflected by a mirror (or other reflective material)

e.g. he studied his reflection in the mirror

Synonym: reflexion

2. a likeness in which left and right are reversed

Synonym: mirror imagereflexion

3. the ability to reflect beams or rays

Synonym: reflexionreflectivity

4. a calm, lengthy, intent consideration

Synonym: contemplationreflexionruminationmusingthoughtfulness

5. a remark expressing careful consideration

Synonym: observationreflexion

6. expression without words

e.g. tears are an expression of grief
the pulse is a reflection of the heart's condition

Synonym: expressionmanifestationreflexion

7. the phenomenon of a propagating wave (light or sound) being thrown back from a surface

Synonym: reflexion

8. (mathematics) a transformation in which the direction of one axis is reversed