imagery

imagery
noun
  1. [mass noun]visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work
    (尤指文学用语)形象化的描述,比喻
    Tennyson uses imagery to create a lyrical emotion.
    丁尼生运用形象化的描述创造了抒情的情感。
    ■visual images collectively
    [总称]图像
    the impact of computer-generated imagery on contemporary art.
    电脑图像制作对当代艺术的冲击。
    ■visual symbolism
    意象
    the film's religious imagery.
    电影的宗教意象。
语源
  1. Middle English (in the senses 'statuary, carved images collectively'): from Old French imagerie, from imager 'make an image', from image (see image)
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