1
- an action that is performed without conscious thought as a response to a stimulus（对刺激的）本能反应：
a newborn baby is equipped with basic reflexes.
新生儿具备对刺激的基本本能反应。
1.1
reflexes
a person's ability to perform such actions反应能力：he was saved by his superb reflexes.
多亏自己出色的反应能力他才得救。
1.2
- (in reflexology) a response in a part of the body to stimulation of a corresponding point on the feet, hands, or head（反射疗法用语）反射（作用）：
as modifier reflex points.反射点。
2
- a thing which is determined by and reproduces the essential features or qualities of something else反映（物）, 体现（物）：
politics was no more than a reflex of economics.
政治只不过是经济的反映。
2.1
- a word formed by development from an earlier stage of a language（从同一语言较早形式演化而来的）反映形式。
2.2
- archaic a reflected source of light〈古〉反射光：
the reflex from the window lit his face.
窗户的反光照亮了他的脸庞。
1
- (of an action) performed without conscious thought as an automatic response to a stimulus本能反应的：
sneezing is a reflex action.
打喷嚏是本能反应。
2
- (of an angle) exceeding 180°（角）大于180度的。
2.1
- archaic (of light) reflected〈古〉（光）被反射的。
2.2
- archaic bent or turned backwards〈古〉反折的。
2.3
- archaic (of a thought) directed or turned back upon the mind itself; introspective〈古〉（思想）反省的, 内省的。
派生词
reflexly
adverb词源
early 16th cent. (as a noun denoting reflection)： from Latin reflexus 'a bending back', from reflectere 'bend back' （see REFLECT）.