imaginary

搭配Collocations

imaginary friend

想象中的朋友；假想朋友

Many children invent an imaginary friend to talk to.许多孩子会编造一个想象中的朋友来聊天。

imaginary number

虚数

In algebra class, we learned how to add imaginary numbers.代数课上我们学了如何加虚数。

imaginary line

假想的线；想象中的线

The equator is an imaginary line around the Earth.赤道是一条环绕地球的假想线。

imaginary world

想象中的世界；虚构的世界

The author created an imaginary world full of strange creatures.作者创造了一个充满奇异生物的想象世界。

imaginary part

记忆技巧Memory Tip

由 imagine 加 -ary 构成，联想：想象出来的东西就是虚构的。

语境与语域Context & Register

语域：mixed 常见场景：日常谈论想象中的事物、数学讨论虚数 通常在日常语境中指不真实或只存在于想象的事物，多为中性；在数学中表示虚数时较正式，多用于学术或专业语境。

发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling

None of these words rhyme with 'imaginary': all six stress the first syllable, while 'imaginary' stresses the second, and their stressed vowels differ. They are useful as spelling lookalikes because they share the ending '-ary' (and 'ordinary' also ends in '-inary', just like 'imaginary'). This explains why the final sound /ri/ or /əri/ may seem similar, but the different stress position makes the words clearly distinct.

高价值词汇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。

用法优先级Usage priority

Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。