(Medicine)a metal instrument that is used to dilate an orifice or canal in the body to allow inspection (医)窥器,张开器
(Ornithology)a bright patch of plumage on the wings of certain birds, especially a strip of metallic sheen on the secondary flight feathers of many ducks (鸟)翼斑,翼镜
a mirror or reflector of glass or metal, especially (formerly) a metallic mirror in a reflecting telescope 金属镜;反射镜 ■short for speculum metal speculum metal的简称
语源
late Middle English: from Latin, literally mirror', from specere 'to look'