Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #904
image
图像；影像；画面
a picture or other visual representation of something or someone
- 1.
A visual or other representation of the external form of something in art.
艺术中某物外形的视觉或其他表现
- 2.
an iconic mental representation
头脑中的典型形象；心象
- 3.
A mental picture of something not real or not present.
对不真实或不在场事物的心理图像。
- 4.
(Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
(荣格心理学)人格面具；向外界展示的自我形象
- 5.
A statue or idol.
雕像或偶像
- 6.
a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
在平面上产生的视觉图像；图像
- 7.
A file that contains all information needed to produce a live working copy. (See disk image and image copy.)
包含生成可用工作副本所需所有信息的文件。(参见磁盘映像和映像副本。)
- 8.
A characteristic of a person, group or company etc., style, manner of dress, how one is or wishes to be perceived by others.
个人、团体或公司的特征、风格、着装方式、他人对其的看法或期望的形象
- 9.
The value a function maps some argument to.
函数将某个自变量映射到的值。
- 10.
The subset of the codomain of a function comprising those elements that are the image of some element of its domain.
函数的余域中由其定义域的某些元素映射而来的元素子集
- 11.
A form of interference: a weaker "copy" of a strong signal that occurs at a different frequency.
干扰的一种形式:在另一频率出现的强信号的较弱“副本”。
- 12.
The collection of focus points of light rays coming from a given object.
来自给定物体的光线焦点的集合
心象；意象；想象中的形象；形象；声誉；雕像；偶像（尤指圣像）；（光学）像；映像；磁盘镜像；镜像文件
In use
She framed the old image of her grandparents.
The image of the sunset stayed in his mind.
He tried to project a confident image despite his nerves.
her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate
a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty
a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them
an image of sth/sb
表示某物或某人的图像、影像。
He saw an image of a cat in the mirror.
他在镜子里看到一只猫的影像。
Connections
Collocations
- public image
- 公众形象
- The politician worked hard to improve his public image.这位政治家努力改善他的公众形象。
- body image
- 身体意象
- Many teenagers struggle with negative body image.许多青少年受到消极身体意象的困扰。
- mental image
- 脑海中的图像
- She had a clear mental image of her childhood home.她对童年时的家有着清晰的脑海图像。
- positive image
- 正面形象
- The company wants to project a positive image.这家公司希望树立正面形象。
- negative image
- 负面形象
- The scandal created a negative image of the organization.丑闻给该组织造成了负面形象。
- mirror image
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Image（图像）与‘想象’（imagine）共享词根，看到图像就想到想象。
Context & Register
中性语域，常见于技术（数字图像）、商业（品牌形象）及心理学（心理意象）等语境，具体使用需根据上下文判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only 'village' shares the same stressed vowel and ending /ɪdʒ/ as 'image'. Other words share the '-age' spelling but have different stressed vowels, so they are not perfect rhymes.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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