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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

意象

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yìxiàng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Imagery/ˈɪm.ɪ.dʒər.i/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"诗中的意象非常生动。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work.

    "The poet's use of vivid imagery painted a picture of the serene landscape."
  2. 2

    The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things.

    "The imagery in her mind was so strong that she could almost feel the warmth of the sun."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English, originating from Old French 'imagerie', and ultimately from Late Latin 'imaginarius', based on the Latin 'imago' meaning image or likeness. It evolved in the late 14th century to denote carved or painted figures, later expanding in literary contexts during the 20th century to describe visually descriptive or figurative language.

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