image

英 ['ɪmɪdʒ] 美 ['ɪmɪdʒ]

• n. 印象；形象；影像；图像；肖像
• vt. 反映；想像；描绘

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]形象,概念

   a picture formed in the mind

2. [C]镜像,影像,图像

   a picture formed of an object in front of a mirror

3. [C]印象

   the general opinion about a person, organization

4. [S]酷似的人〔物〕,翻版

   a copy

5. [S]比喻,引喻,明喻

   a phrase giving an idea of sth in a poetical form

6. [C]外形,外表,模样

   likeness

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 形象
2. 印象
3. 影像，映像，像，肖像，雕像，画像，镜像，塑像，图像
4. 形象化的描述
5. 典型，象征，化身
6. 酷似的人或物

v. 动词

1. 反映，反照，照出
2. 想像，设想
3. 画…的像，造…的像
4. 使...成像
5. 形像地描画，形象地描写
6. 象征
7. 描出…外形、轮廓

英英释义

Noun:

1. an iconic mental representation;

   "her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate"
   

2. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world;

   "a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty"
   

3. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface;

   "they showed us the pictures of their wedding"
   "a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them"
   

4. a standard or typical example;

   "he is the prototype of good breeding"
   "he provided America with an image of the good father"
   

5. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

6. someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor);

   "he could be Gingrich's double"
   "she's the very image of her mother"
   

7. (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined;

   "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers"
   

8. the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public;

   "although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry"
   "the company tried to project an altruistic image"
   

9. a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture);

   "the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln"
   "the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"
   

Verb:

1. render visible, as by means of MRI

2. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind;

   "I can't see him on horseback!"
   "I can see what will happen"
   "I can see a risk in this strategy"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. We have an image of the U.S. as a very rich country.
   我们印象中的美国是个富国。
2. How can we improve our image?
   我们该怎样来改善自己的形象呢？
3. Her image rose before him.
   她的影像在他眼前浮现。
4. You can add an Image control to display an image.
   您可以添加Image控件来显示图像。
5. The coin bore an image of the president.
   这枚硬币上有总统的肖像。
6. Skeptics have proposed many means for producing the image in the Middle Ages.
   怀疑论者声称中世纪有很多方法去制造肖像。

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. The image in the mirror reflects his mood.
   镜子里映出的影像反映出了他的心情。
2. She is a reflection of eternal light, a spotless mirror of God's action and an image of his goodness.
   她是永远光明的反映，是天主德能的明镜，是天主美善肖像。
3. Cicada can not image the scene of Spring, which it has never seen.
   蝉无法想像，它从未见过的春天的模样。
4. Image life as a game in which you are playing some five balls in the air.
   想像生活就是一场游戏，在这个游戏中，你向空中抛出五个球。
5. This colour-enhanced image depicts a taste bud on the tongue.
   这张颜色增强图片描绘了舌头的一个味蕾。
6. The northern end of their image corresponds to one of the radar-imaged seas.
   图像的北端同雷达描绘出的海洋中的一个相符。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The company tries to project an image of being innovative and progressive.
   该公司努力以富有创新和进取精神的形象出现。
2. She looked at her image in the mirror.
   她看着镜子中自己的镜像。
3. I have this image of you as always being cheerful and optimistic.
   你留给我的印象总是快活和乐观。
4. He's the very image of his father.
   他长得很像他父亲。
5. The writer used the image of corn silk to describe the girl's hair.
   作者用玉米须来比喻那女孩的头发。
6. According to the Bible , man was made in the image of God.
   据《圣经》说,人是按照上帝的模样塑造的。

经典引文

• And he sayth unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?

  出自：Bible (AV): Matthew

• The floor of the vault was covered with images removed from buildings.

  出自： S. Spender

• We image to ourselves the Tarpeian Rock as a tremendous precipice.

  出自： J. Moore

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• form an image of sb 构想出某人的形象
• improve image 改善形象

形容词+～

• carved image 雕像
• conflicting image 对立的概念
• public image 公众心目中的形象
• vague image 模糊的印象
• vivid image 生动的比喻

～+介词

• image of sb 〔sth 〕 是…的翻版

词源解说

• ☆ 13世纪初期进入英语，直接源自古法语的image；最初源自拉丁语的imaginem，意为图画，塑像。

近反义词

【近义词】

• idea
• likeness
• picture
• reflection