image

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  • n.(心目中的)形象;镜像;印象;画像;声誉;比喻;雕像;塑像
  • vt.反映;象征;想像;作…的像

复数: images 过去式: imaged 现在分词: imaging 过去分词: imaged 第三人称单数: images

imageimage

noun

1

形象;印象;声誉
the impression that a person, an organization or a product, etc. gives to the public

His public image is very different from the real person.

他在公众心目中的形象与他真实的本人截然不同。

The advertisements are intended to improve the company's image.

这些广告旨在提高公司的形象。

Image is very important in the music world.

在音乐界,个人形象很重要。

stereotyped images of women in children's books

儿童图书中千篇一律的女性形象

2

(心目中的)形象,印象
a mental picture that you have of what sb/sth is like or looks like

images of the past

对过去的印象

I had a mental image of what she would look like.

我想象出她的大致模样。

3

画像;雕像;塑像
a copy of sb/sth in the form of a picture or statue

Images of deer and hunters decorate the cave walls.

洞穴壁上装饰着鹿和猎人的画像。

a wooden image of the Hindu god Ganesh

印度教神灵象头神的木雕像

4

镜像;影像;映像;图像
a picture of sb/sth seen in a mirror, through a camera, or on a television or computer

He stared at his own image reflected in the water.

他凝视着自己在水中的倒影。

Slowly, an image began to appear on the screen.

屏幕上慢慢地出现了一幅图像。

5

比喻;意象
a word or phrase used with a different meaning from its normal one, in order to describe sth in a way that produces a strong picture in the mind

poetic images of the countryside

乡村的诗情画意景象

习语

to look very like sb/sth else

他酷似他的父亲。
He's the image of his father.

These are all words for a scene, person or thing that has been represented on paper by drawing, painting, etc.以上各词均表示图画、绘画。

a scene, person or thing that has been represented on paper using a pencil, a pen or paint指用铅笔、钢笔或颜料画出的图画、绘画:

The children were drawing pictures of their pets.

孩子在画他们的宠物。

a picture that has been made using a pencil or pen, not paint指用铅笔或钢笔而非颜料画出的图画、素描画:

a pencil/charcoal drawing

铅笔/木炭画

a picture that has been made using paint指用颜料画出的图画、绘画:

a collection of paintings by American artists

美国艺术家的绘画作品集

a painting, drawing or photograph of a person, especially of the head and shoulders指肖像、半身画像、半身照:

Vermeer's ‘Portrait of the artist in his studio’

弗美尔的“艺术家在画室的肖像”

a self-portrait (= a painting that you do of yourself)

自画像

a picture in a book or magazine, especially one that shows or explains sth指书或杂志中的插图、图表:

See illustration on p.166.

见166页上的插图。

a simple picture that is drawn quickly and does not have many details指素描、速写、草图:

I usually do a few very rough sketches before I start on a painting.

我开始作画之前通常要画几幅草图。

a copy of sb/sth in the form of a picture or statue指画像、雕像、塑像:

Images of deer and hunters decorate the cave walls.

洞穴壁上装饰着鹿和猎人的画像。

An image can be a statue; a picture is always two-dimensional (= flat) . A picture can show a scene; an image is always of a person or thing. Image is more formal and much less frequent.

image

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT (头脑中的)形象,概念
    If you have an image of something or someone, you have a picture or idea of them in your mind.

    The image of art theft as a gentleman's crime is outdated...

    把盗窃艺术品看作是一种绅士犯罪的观念已经过时了。

  • 2
    N-COUNT (个人、团队或组织的)形象,声誉
    The image of a person, group, or organization is the way that they appear to other people.

    The Prime Minister knows that his personal image is his greatest political asset...

    总理知道他的个人形象是他最重要的政治资产。

  • 3
    N-COUNT 图像;映像;影像
    An image is a picture of someone or something.

    ...photographic images of young children...

    小孩子们的照片

  • 4
    N-COUNT 诗意的描绘;生动的描绘
    An image is a poetic description of something.

    The natural images in the poem are meant to be suggestive of realities beyond themselves.

    诗中描绘的自然景象意在让人联想到景象以外的现实。

  • 5
    PHRASE 是…的翻版;长相酷似…
    If you are the image of someone else, you look very much like them.

    Marianne's son was the image of his father.

    玛丽安娜的儿子长得酷似他父亲。

  • 6
    See also:mirror image

noun

1
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
Synonym: effigy simulacrum
2
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
Synonym: picture icon ikon
3
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
4
(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
Synonym: persona
5
an iconic mental representation
her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate
Synonym: mental image
6
a standard or typical example
he is the prototype of good breeding
he provided America with an image of the good father
Synonym: prototype paradigm epitome
7
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
Synonym: trope figure of speech figure
8
(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
Synonym: range range of a function
9
someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
he could be Gingrich's double
she's the very image of her mother
Synonym: double look-alike

verb

1
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
Synonym: visualize visualise envision project fancy see figure picture
2
render visible, as by means of MRI

数据来源:WordNet

  1. His public image is very different from the real person .

    他在公众心目中的形象与他真实的本人截然不同。

  2. The company has decided it must present a more modern image .

    公司已决定,必须展现出更加现代的形象。

  3. I had a mental image of what she would look like .

    我想象出她的大致模样。

  4. The company is trying to create a young energetic image .

    这家公司正试图塑造一个充满活力的年轻形象。

  5. The advertisements are intended to improve the company 's image .

    这些广告旨在提高公司的形象。

  6. He 's the image of his father .

    他酷似他的父亲。

  7. Slowly , an image began to appear on the screen .

    屏幕上慢慢地出现了一幅图像。

  8. The town is still trying to cast off its dull image .

    该镇仍在努力改变自己的单调形象。

  9. The profession is trying to sex up its image .

    这个行业正在设法使自身形象更加吸引人。

  10. They sought advice on how to project a more positive image of their company .

    他们就如何加强树立公司的良好形象征询意见。

  11. Television advertising propagates a false image of the ideal family .

    电视广告传播着理想家庭的一种假象。

  12. The illness damaged his Action Man image .

    这场病损害了他那爱打拼的形象。

  13. Soccer needs to clean up its image .

    足球界的形象需要改善。

  14. The company wants to break away from its downmarket image .

    这个公司想摆脱它面向低消费阶层的形象。

  15. He hopes to improve the newspaper 's somewhat tarnished public image .

    他希望改善报纸略有受损的公众形象。

  16. Rescue teams are using thermal imaging to locate survivors of the earthquake .

    救援队伍正利用热成像确定地震幸存者的位置。

  17. The party has shed its cloth cap image .

    这个政党已经摆脱纯工人阶级的形象。

  18. Museums have been trying hard to shed their stuffy image .

    博物馆一直努力改变自己沉闷的形象。

  19. The child watched , enthralled by the bright moving images .

    这孩子看着那明亮的移动的影像,被迷住了。

  20. The public is becoming sickened by these images of violence and death .

    公众看到这些充满暴力和死亡的画面大为震惊。

  21. Champagne houses owe their success to brand image .

    香槟公司的成功在于他们的品牌形象。

  22. Images are projected onto the retina of the eye .

    影像被投射到眼睛的视网膜上。

  23. They wanted the store to have a folksy small-town image .

    他们希望这家商店具有小城镇那种朴实热情的形象。

  24. Images of deer and hunters decorate the cave walls .

    洞穴壁上装饰着鹿和猎人的画像。

  25. Her mind sheered away from images she did not wish to dwell on .

    她有意不去想那些她不愿多想的事情。

  26. Such images demean women .

    这些形象有损妇女尊严。

  27. The tobacco industry has been trying to improve its image .

    烟草行业一直在试图改善其形象。

  28. They need to improve their image — they are selling themselves short

    他们需要提升自己的形象——他们是在自贬身价。

  29. We have to expand the size of the image .

    我们不得不放大图像的尺寸。

  30. He was found by a police helicopter using thermal imaging equipment .

    一架警用直升机借助热成像设备找到了他。

image projection reflection 【导航词义:图像】
image v. 映像;影像,图像
〔辨析〕

指镜子、照相机镜头中的映像,也可指电视、电影或计算机屏幕上出现的图像。

〔例证〕

She stared at her image in the mirror.

她凝视着自己在镜子中的映像。

A few images gradually appeared on the computer screen one by one.

一些图片一张接一张地逐渐出现在电脑屏幕上。

projection v. 放映的影像;投射的影像
〔辨析〕

指电影在屏幕上放映出的影像,也指幻灯片等在屏幕上投射出的影像。

〔例证〕

Do you know how to improve the long-distance projection effect?

你知道如何改善远距离投影效果吗?

Can you tell me what front projection is?

你能不能告诉我什么是正面放映?

reflection v. 影像,倒影
〔辨析〕

指从镜子、水面等反射出来的影像。

〔例证〕

the reflection of the tree in the lake

那棵树在湖中的倒影

You can see your reflection in the glass.

你可以在玻璃里看到你的影像。

  • 词语搭配
  • 习语

image与以下词性连用

n.

body image

身体形象

self- image

自我形象

image on a screen

屏幕图像

adj.

corporate image

公司形象

negative/positive image

负面/正面形象

public image

公众形象

v.

project an image

树立一种形象;投射一幅图像

display an image

展示一幅图像

n.

be the image of sb/sth

酷似;和…非常相像
to look very like sb/sth else

He's the image of his father.

他酷似他的父亲。