image

noun

1. 形象；印象；声誉
   the impression that a person, an organization or a product, etc. gives to the public
   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 advertisements are intended to improve the company's image.
      这些广告旨在提高公司的形象。
   3. Image is very important in the music world.
      在音乐界，个人形象很重要。
   4. 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
   1. images of the past
      对过去的印象
   2. 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
   1. Images of deer and hunters decorate the cave walls.
      洞穴壁上装饰着鹿和猎人的画像。
   2. 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
   1. He stared at his own image reflected in the water.
      他凝视着自己在水中的倒影。
   2. 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
   1. poetic images of the countryside
      乡村的诗情画意景象

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.
   1. The image of art theft as a gentleman's crime is outdated...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. The words 'Cote d'Azur' conjure up images of sunny days in Mediterranean cafes.
      Cote d'Azur (蓝色海岸)这个词让人联想到地中海咖啡馆阳光明媚的日子。
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.
   1. 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。
   2. He has cultivated the image of an elder statesman...
      他已树立起一个政界元老的形象。
   3. The tobacco industry has been trying to improve its image.
      烟草行业一直在试图改善其形象。
3. N-COUNT 图像；映像；影像
   An image is a picture of someone or something.
   1. ...photographic images of young children...
      小孩子们的照片
   2. A computer in the machine creates an image on the screen.
      机器上的计算机在屏幕上产生了影像。
4. N-COUNT 诗意的描绘;生动的描绘
   An image is a poetic description of something.
   1. 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.
   1. 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

1. The image is then stored on the computer hard disk as a vast array of black or white dots.
   这幅图像当时就以大量黑点或白点排列的形式被存入电脑硬盘。
2. The image is blown up on a large screen.
   图像被放大在了一个大屏幕上。
3. This creates a spectrum of colours at the edges of objects which blurs the image
   这在物体的边缘形成了一道色谱，使图像变得模糊不清。
4. He co-opted many nationalist slogans and cultivated a populist image.
   他借鉴了很多民族主义标语，建立了一个平民主义者的形象。
5. This established a strong corporate image.
   这树立起了一种强有力的公司形象。
6. Vegetarianism has shed its cranky image
   素食主义者已经摆脱了其古怪的形象。
7. He has written eight books and has cultivated the image of an elder statesman
   他已经写了8本书，树立起了其政界元老的形象。
8. The speed with which digital cameras can take, process and transmit an image is phenomenal.
   数码相机拍摄、处理和传输图像的速度相当惊人。
9. They discovered how to form the image in a thin layer on the surface.
   他们发现了如何在表面薄薄的一层上形成影像。
10. Their healthy image disguises the fact that they are highly processed foods
    它们看上去有益健康，实则掩盖了其为精加工食品这一事实。
11. This stark image will remain etched in the memory of a generation of Berliners.
    这种荒凉的景象将深深铭刻在一代柏林人的记忆中。
12. We have to expand the size of the image.
    我们不得不放大图像的尺寸。
13. The rebellion is expected to further damage the country's image
    预计叛乱将会进一步破坏这个国家的形象。
14. 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。
15. The words 'Cote d'Azur' conjure up images of sunny days in Mediterranean cafes.
    Coted'Azur（蓝色海岸）这个词让人联想到地中海咖啡馆阳光明媚的日子。
16. 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。
17. He has cultivated the image of an elder statesman
    他已树立起一个政界元老的形象。
18. The tobacco industry has been trying to improve its image.
    烟草行业一直在试图改善其形象。
19. A computer in the machine creates an image on the screen.
    机器上的计算机在屏幕上产生了影像。
20. 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。
21. Marianne's son was the image of his father.
    玛丽安娜的儿子长得酷似他父亲。
22. The film exploited his image and infringed his copyright
    这部电影使用了他的形象，侵犯了他的肖像权。
23. I saw in him a mirror image of my younger self
    我在他身上看见了年轻时的自己。
24. This is almost the mirror image of the situation in Scotland.
    这几乎就是苏格兰局势的翻版。
25. The initial image projected was of a caring, effective president.
    他最初表现出的是一个充满爱心、办事有效的总统形象。
26. Johnny has changed his image to fit the times.
    约翰尼已经改变了他的形象以迎合时代潮流。
27. One factor thought to have worked in his favour is his working class image
    据认为，一个帮上了他的因素就是他的工人阶级形象。
28. They knelt before the image of Buddha.
    他们在佛像面前下跪。
29. Time had wiped her image from his memory.
    时间把她的形象从他的记忆中抹去了。
30. The photograph showed a distinct image.
    照片显出了明晰的影像。

  image projection reflection【导航词义：图像】

  image n. 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。

  projection n. 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。

  reflection n. 影像，倒影

〔辨析〕指从镜子、水面等反射出来的影像。

n.

be the image of sb/sth

• 酷似；和…非常相像
  to look very like sb/sth else
  1. He's the image of his father.
     他酷似他的父亲。

noun

1. a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
   1. the coin bears an effigy of Lincoln
   2. the emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone

   Synonym:    effigysimulacrum

2. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
   1. they showed us the pictures of their wedding
   2. a movie is a series of images projected so rapidly that the eye integrates them

   Synonym:    pictureiconikon

3. the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
   1. although her popular image was contrived it served to inspire music and pageantry
   2. the company tried to project an altruistic image

4. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
   1. a public image is as fragile as Humpty Dumpty

   Synonym:    persona

5. an iconic mental representation
   1. her imagination forced images upon her too awful to contemplate

   Synonym:    mental image

6. a standard or typical example
   1. he is the prototype of good breeding
   2. he provided America with an image of the good father

   Synonym:    prototypeparadigmepitome

7. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense

   Synonym:    tropefigure of speechfigure

8. (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined
   1. 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:    rangerange of a function

9. someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
   1. he could be Gingrich's double
   2. she's the very image of her mother

   Synonym:    doublelook-alike

verb

1. imagine
   1. I can't see him on horseback!
   2. I can see what will happen
   3. I can see a risk in this strategy

   Synonym:    visualizevisualiseenvisionprojectfancyseefigurepicture

2. render visible, as by means of MRI