English Dictionary

reflex

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɹiːflɛks/

名詞

稀用

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing. / (linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.

日本語の意味

自動的な刺激に対する反応、すなわち神経が無意識に示す反射作用。 / （言語学）原始的な言語要素がその後の言語に引き継がれて変形した形、つまり子孫語に見られる変形形態。

When the doctor tapped my knee, the reflex made my leg kick out before I could think.

医師が私の膝を叩くと、反射で考える前に足が跳ね上がった。

意味（1）

An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing.

For a while, I shall have to make a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand and perform the thousands of little gestures which constitute life on Earth, and then those gestures will become reflexes again.

意味（2）

(linguistics) The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language.

Coordinate term: cognate

意味（3）

(linguistics, rare) The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant.

The Middle Korean reflex for mey was mwoy 뫼 (mwoy)

意味（4）

The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth.

The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf, belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has its reflex in the story of Little Red Riding-hood and others.

意味（5）

(chiefly photography) Reflection or an image produced by reflection. The light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade.

A reflex camera uses a mirror to reflect the image onto a ground-glass viewfinder.

reflexes （ plural ）