A mirror set at an angle on astick and held over a nest, will show us what is going on withoutour touching, pulling on the branches or annoying the motherbird.

在树枝上安装一个镜子，调好角度，装在鸟巢的上方，镜子会向我们展示鸟巢中的情况，从而避免了我们直接去触摸，拉树枝或惹恼鸟妈妈。

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Oil smoothes the water surface, making it a better mirror: more sunlight is reflected back to the observer (the satellite) at the same angle as the incoming sunlight (right).

油污使水面变得平滑，让它更接近于一面镜子：更多的入射日光被反射回处于同一角度的观测器（卫星）。

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Our room was large and warm, with a Bechstein grand and a theatrical gilt mirror that hung at an ominous 45-degree angle over the bed.

我们的房间还算宽敞暖和，房间里有一架贝希斯坦大钢琴，在床的上方吊着一块剧院用的镀金镜子，以45度的角度对着床上，给人不祥之感。

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The math professor who came up with the "wide angle substantially nondistorting mirror" says it works kind of like a mirrored disco ball -- although it doesn't look anything like one.

CNN: Disco ball-inspired mirror gets rid of driver's blind spot