English Dictionary

black mirror

名詞

(painting) Synonym of Claude glass / A mirror used to practice divination or other magic rituals. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, mirror.

日本語の意味

クロード・グラスの同義語で、絵画の文脈において風景や映像効果を得るために用いられる鏡 / 占いやその他の魔術的儀式において神秘的な視覚効果や予見の手段として用いられる鏡 / 比喩的や慣用句として用いられるのではなく、文字通り『黒い鏡』としての意味を持つもの

Before beginning the landscape, she studied the softened tones reflected in the black mirror she carried.

風景画を描き始める前に、彼女は携えていたクロード・グラスに映る柔らかな色合いをじっくり観察した。

意味（1）

(painting) Synonym of Claude glass

Thus, when Manet speaks of using the black mirror—and X-ray examinations of the head seem to confirm his statements—he does so, apparently, in the manner of those Renaissance painters who saw it as a “judge” and “master”.

意味（2）

A mirror used to practice divination or other magic rituals.

She had marvellous eyes; great, wide-open, and as black and soft as velvet, with a mysterious depth. To look in them was like gazing at a black mirror such as Doctor Dee used in his wizard rites.

意味（3）

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, mirror.

black mirrors （ plural ）