im·ag·ery /ˈɪmɪʤri, mɪʤə-/
肖像,比喻,彫刻
im·ag·ery /ˈɪmɪʤ(ə)rɪ/ 名詞
像,畫像,塑像,表像,顯像術,成像
imagery
成像
imagery
*成像
Im·age·ry n.
1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass. “Painted imagery.”
In those oratories might you see
Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery. --Dryden.
2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
What can thy imagery of sorrow mean? --Prior.
3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
The imagery of a melancholic fancy. --Atterbury.
4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.
I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery. --Dryden.
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imagery
n : the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he
could still hear her in his imagination" [syn: imagination,
imaging, mental imagery]
Imagery
only in the phrase "chambers of his imagery" (Ezek. 8:12). (See CHAMBER.)