Definition of imagery in English:

imagery

noun ˈɪmɪdʒ(ə)riˈɪmɪdʒ(ə)ri

1mass 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- His resilient and defined imagery shows an unerring feeling for language.
- I admired the energy of the prose, the juxtapositions, the surreal imagery, the insights.
- To be fair, he employs biblical language and imagery at strategic points along the way.
- Rather, he appropriates the imagery of literary modernism to describe it.
- He excels at devising patterns of language and imagery, elaborating them down to minute detail, and sustaining them all through a play or a trilogy.
- The language, imagery and sentiments they all use are often identical.
- Lee also does a marvelous job of tracking the essay's central themes and its recurring patterns of imagery.
- Refinement of the language and surprising imagery are ways to evoke the inexpressible.
- Even during family moments, our language cheerfully embraces violent imagery.
- It has been described as having a compelling narrative and vivid imagery, giving voice to alternative views.
- Written and spoken English, English literature, were shaped by the language and imagery of the King James Bible.
- But the notebooks are not simply a storehouse for banking imagery and language.
- Here then is nostalgia with a personal intensity within a poem that evokes language games and surreal imagery.
- These were the people who reached deep into the well of Biblical language and imagery to express their visions of the present and the future.
- In addition to vivid imagery, another shared stylistic trait is that of pastiche.
- From this pool of imagery, Borges created his favourite form of literature, the fantastic.
- These circumstances shape the way they see London, what they write about and the language and imagery they use.
- For example, he uses a lot of imagery and describes the scenery in great detail.
- Often, he mixes abstract and figurative imagery, and over the years the mixture has changed.
- Golding frequently uses imagery to describe the scenery and the setting.
1. 1.1 Visual symbolism.
  意象
  the film's religious imagery
  电影的宗教意象。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As a feminist, mythographer, etc, does she find the visual imagery rather, well, Freudian?
  She draws links to legal culture, common visual imagery, and Franciscan spiritual currents.
  It is the source of his imagery - from the religious iconography to the caravans of trucks to the dancers that populate his paintings.
  Most imagery was religious; some of it was created to be didactic, some to exert spiritual power.
  He marries medium to subject with consummate skill, drawing on a lifetime's accumulation of thought and visual imagery.
  After the initial jolt from the imagery, his work holds up: he's a skillful painter.
  In elite society, aristocratic funerary sculpture quickly replaced religious imagery with heraldic and symbolic devices.
  On the creative side, the use of flag imagery is identified in different designers' collections.
  An exercise in Renaissance perspective, the picture easily holds its own against the religious imagery surrounding it.
  It makes for a rich kind of film, full of imagery, allegory and variety.
  The purpose of a film's score is often to complement the visual imagery and emotional delineation at play.
  The film is rich in allegorical theme and symbolic imagery, transforming the most banal of materials into miraculous epiphanies.
  Stylistically there's the same obsession with mirrors, and the typical eye-candy imagery.
  The haunting music score sits beautifully with the film's imagery.
  I could paint allegories, elegies and epic statements because the imagery was so strong and the colours of life were so rich.
  What makes it so phenomenally stunning, then, is the film's visual imagery.
  The murals feature both secular and religious imagery and allude to issues such as slavery and notions of Utopia.
  Performed on the climbing wall, the story is told using text, music, visual imagery and stunning choreography.
  Nautical imagery in contemporary art is often used to evoke forced migrations and political exile.
  The text, engaging and abstract, emphasizes the dreamlike quality of the imagery.
  A seasoned director would have had a better handle on imagery, symbolism and pacing.
2Visual 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- On your website, there is a lot beautiful imagery from photographs to original artwork.
- To manipulate the imagery he uses rotoscope mattes to protect part of an image in order to replace it with another.
- Either in digital or in picture form, the imagery is hard to interpret.
- While the imagery was similar, the format and the images' density were not.
- By the mid-sixteenth century the power of visual imagery to influence opinion and capture the imagination was already recognised.
- Use visual and mental imagery of yourself achieving and surpassing your goals.
- Inspiration was drawn from the symbols and imagery of the two countries.
- It is a fact that the male brain is particularly responsive to and stimulated by visual imagery.
- We react to visual imagery all of the time, whether we are conscious of it or not.
- I respect her more for asking permission to use the imagery.
Synonyms
image, figurative expression, metaphor, simile, trope, figure of speech

Origin

Middle English (in the senses 'statuary, carved images collectively'): from Old French imagerie, from imager 'make an image', from image (see image).

Definition of imagery in US English:

imagery

nounˈɪmɪdʒ(ə)riˈimij(ə)rē

1Visually 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。
Example sentencesExamples
- Lee also does a marvelous job of tracking the essay's central themes and its recurring patterns of imagery.
- In addition to vivid imagery, another shared stylistic trait is that of pastiche.
- His resilient and defined imagery shows an unerring feeling for language.
- Often, he mixes abstract and figurative imagery, and over the years the mixture has changed.
- He excels at devising patterns of language and imagery, elaborating them down to minute detail, and sustaining them all through a play or a trilogy.
- It has been described as having a compelling narrative and vivid imagery, giving voice to alternative views.
- Golding frequently uses imagery to describe the scenery and the setting.
- I admired the energy of the prose, the juxtapositions, the surreal imagery, the insights.
- Refinement of the language and surprising imagery are ways to evoke the inexpressible.
- The language, imagery and sentiments they all use are often identical.
- Here then is nostalgia with a personal intensity within a poem that evokes language games and surreal imagery.
- To be fair, he employs biblical language and imagery at strategic points along the way.
- These circumstances shape the way they see London, what they write about and the language and imagery they use.
- Rather, he appropriates the imagery of literary modernism to describe it.
- From this pool of imagery, Borges created his favourite form of literature, the fantastic.
- Written and spoken English, English literature, were shaped by the language and imagery of the King James Bible.
- Even during family moments, our language cheerfully embraces violent imagery.
- These were the people who reached deep into the well of Biblical language and imagery to express their visions of the present and the future.
- For example, he uses a lot of imagery and describes the scenery in great detail.
- But the notebooks are not simply a storehouse for banking imagery and language.
1. 1.1 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。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We react to visual imagery all of the time, whether we are conscious of it or not.
  To manipulate the imagery he uses rotoscope mattes to protect part of an image in order to replace it with another.
  On your website, there is a lot beautiful imagery from photographs to original artwork.
  Either in digital or in picture form, the imagery is hard to interpret.
  I respect her more for asking permission to use the imagery.
  It is a fact that the male brain is particularly responsive to and stimulated by visual imagery.
  Inspiration was drawn from the symbols and imagery of the two countries.
  Use visual and mental imagery of yourself achieving and surpassing your goals.
  While the imagery was similar, the format and the images' density were not.
  By the mid-sixteenth century the power of visual imagery to influence opinion and capture the imagination was already recognised.
  Synonyms
  image, figurative expression, metaphor, simile, trope, figure of speech
2. 1.2 Visual symbolism.
  意象
  the film's religious imagery
  电影的宗教意象。
  Example sentencesExamples
  As a feminist, mythographer, etc, does she find the visual imagery rather, well, Freudian?
  Nautical imagery in contemporary art is often used to evoke forced migrations and political exile.
  The text, engaging and abstract, emphasizes the dreamlike quality of the imagery.
  Stylistically there's the same obsession with mirrors, and the typical eye-candy imagery.
  A seasoned director would have had a better handle on imagery, symbolism and pacing.
  It is the source of his imagery - from the religious iconography to the caravans of trucks to the dancers that populate his paintings.
  The haunting music score sits beautifully with the film's imagery.
  In elite society, aristocratic funerary sculpture quickly replaced religious imagery with heraldic and symbolic devices.
  He marries medium to subject with consummate skill, drawing on a lifetime's accumulation of thought and visual imagery.
  What makes it so phenomenally stunning, then, is the film's visual imagery.
  The murals feature both secular and religious imagery and allude to issues such as slavery and notions of Utopia.
  Most imagery was religious; some of it was created to be didactic, some to exert spiritual power.
  An exercise in Renaissance perspective, the picture easily holds its own against the religious imagery surrounding it.
  She draws links to legal culture, common visual imagery, and Franciscan spiritual currents.
  After the initial jolt from the imagery, his work holds up: he's a skillful painter.
  The purpose of a film's score is often to complement the visual imagery and emotional delineation at play.
  The film is rich in allegorical theme and symbolic imagery, transforming the most banal of materials into miraculous epiphanies.
  It makes for a rich kind of film, full of imagery, allegory and variety.
  I could paint allegories, elegies and epic statements because the imagery was so strong and the colours of life were so rich.
  Performed on the climbing wall, the story is told using text, music, visual imagery and stunning choreography.
  On the creative side, the use of flag imagery is identified in different designers' collections.

Origin

Middle English (in the senses ‘statuary, carved images collectively’): from Old French imagerie, from imager ‘make an image’, from image (see image).

单词	imagery
释义	Definition of imagery in English: imagery noun ˈɪmɪdʒ(ə)riˈɪmɪdʒ(ə)ri 1mass 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。 Example sentencesExamples His resilient and defined imagery shows an unerring feeling for language. I admired the energy of the prose, the juxtapositions, the surreal imagery, the insights. To be fair, he employs biblical language and imagery at strategic points along the way. Rather, he appropriates the imagery of literary modernism to describe it. He excels at devising patterns of language and imagery, elaborating them down to minute detail, and sustaining them all through a play or a trilogy. The language, imagery and sentiments they all use are often identical. Lee also does a marvelous job of tracking the essay's central themes and its recurring patterns of imagery. Refinement of the language and surprising imagery are ways to evoke the inexpressible. Even during family moments, our language cheerfully embraces violent imagery. It has been described as having a compelling narrative and vivid imagery, giving voice to alternative views. Written and spoken English, English literature, were shaped by the language and imagery of the King James Bible. But the notebooks are not simply a storehouse for banking imagery and language. Here then is nostalgia with a personal intensity within a poem that evokes language games and surreal imagery. These were the people who reached deep into the well of Biblical language and imagery to express their visions of the present and the future. In addition to vivid imagery, another shared stylistic trait is that of pastiche. From this pool of imagery, Borges created his favourite form of literature, the fantastic. These circumstances shape the way they see London, what they write about and the language and imagery they use. For example, he uses a lot of imagery and describes the scenery in great detail. Often, he mixes abstract and figurative imagery, and over the years the mixture has changed. Golding frequently uses imagery to describe the scenery and the setting. 1.1 Visual symbolism. 意象 the film's religious imagery 电影的宗教意象。 Example sentencesExamples As a feminist, mythographer, etc, does she find the visual imagery rather, well, Freudian? She draws links to legal culture, common visual imagery, and Franciscan spiritual currents. It is the source of his imagery - from the religious iconography to the caravans of trucks to the dancers that populate his paintings. Most imagery was religious; some of it was created to be didactic, some to exert spiritual power. He marries medium to subject with consummate skill, drawing on a lifetime's accumulation of thought and visual imagery. After the initial jolt from the imagery, his work holds up: he's a skillful painter. In elite society, aristocratic funerary sculpture quickly replaced religious imagery with heraldic and symbolic devices. On the creative side, the use of flag imagery is identified in different designers' collections. An exercise in Renaissance perspective, the picture easily holds its own against the religious imagery surrounding it. It makes for a rich kind of film, full of imagery, allegory and variety. The purpose of a film's score is often to complement the visual imagery and emotional delineation at play. The film is rich in allegorical theme and symbolic imagery, transforming the most banal of materials into miraculous epiphanies. Stylistically there's the same obsession with mirrors, and the typical eye-candy imagery. The haunting music score sits beautifully with the film's imagery. I could paint allegories, elegies and epic statements because the imagery was so strong and the colours of life were so rich. What makes it so phenomenally stunning, then, is the film's visual imagery. The murals feature both secular and religious imagery and allude to issues such as slavery and notions of Utopia. Performed on the climbing wall, the story is told using text, music, visual imagery and stunning choreography. Nautical imagery in contemporary art is often used to evoke forced migrations and political exile. The text, engaging and abstract, emphasizes the dreamlike quality of the imagery. A seasoned director would have had a better handle on imagery, symbolism and pacing. 2Visual 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。 Example sentencesExamples On your website, there is a lot beautiful imagery from photographs to original artwork. To manipulate the imagery he uses rotoscope mattes to protect part of an image in order to replace it with another. Either in digital or in picture form, the imagery is hard to interpret. While the imagery was similar, the format and the images' density were not. By the mid-sixteenth century the power of visual imagery to influence opinion and capture the imagination was already recognised. Use visual and mental imagery of yourself achieving and surpassing your goals. Inspiration was drawn from the symbols and imagery of the two countries. It is a fact that the male brain is particularly responsive to and stimulated by visual imagery. We react to visual imagery all of the time, whether we are conscious of it or not. I respect her more for asking permission to use the imagery. Synonyms image, figurative expression, metaphor, simile, trope, figure of speech Origin Middle English (in the senses 'statuary, carved images collectively'): from Old French imagerie, from imager 'make an image', from image (see image). Definition of imagery in US English: imagery nounˈɪmɪdʒ(ə)riˈimij(ə)rē 1Visually 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。 Example sentencesExamples Lee also does a marvelous job of tracking the essay's central themes and its recurring patterns of imagery. In addition to vivid imagery, another shared stylistic trait is that of pastiche. His resilient and defined imagery shows an unerring feeling for language. Often, he mixes abstract and figurative imagery, and over the years the mixture has changed. He excels at devising patterns of language and imagery, elaborating them down to minute detail, and sustaining them all through a play or a trilogy. It has been described as having a compelling narrative and vivid imagery, giving voice to alternative views. Golding frequently uses imagery to describe the scenery and the setting. I admired the energy of the prose, the juxtapositions, the surreal imagery, the insights. Refinement of the language and surprising imagery are ways to evoke the inexpressible. The language, imagery and sentiments they all use are often identical. Here then is nostalgia with a personal intensity within a poem that evokes language games and surreal imagery. To be fair, he employs biblical language and imagery at strategic points along the way. These circumstances shape the way they see London, what they write about and the language and imagery they use. Rather, he appropriates the imagery of literary modernism to describe it. From this pool of imagery, Borges created his favourite form of literature, the fantastic. Written and spoken English, English literature, were shaped by the language and imagery of the King James Bible. Even during family moments, our language cheerfully embraces violent imagery. These were the people who reached deep into the well of Biblical language and imagery to express their visions of the present and the future. For example, he uses a lot of imagery and describes the scenery in great detail. But the notebooks are not simply a storehouse for banking imagery and language. 1.1 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。 Example sentencesExamples We react to visual imagery all of the time, whether we are conscious of it or not. To manipulate the imagery he uses rotoscope mattes to protect part of an image in order to replace it with another. On your website, there is a lot beautiful imagery from photographs to original artwork. Either in digital or in picture form, the imagery is hard to interpret. I respect her more for asking permission to use the imagery. It is a fact that the male brain is particularly responsive to and stimulated by visual imagery. Inspiration was drawn from the symbols and imagery of the two countries. Use visual and mental imagery of yourself achieving and surpassing your goals. While the imagery was similar, the format and the images' density were not. By the mid-sixteenth century the power of visual imagery to influence opinion and capture the imagination was already recognised. Synonyms image, figurative expression, metaphor, simile, trope, figure of speech 1.2 Visual symbolism. 意象 the film's religious imagery 电影的宗教意象。 Example sentencesExamples As a feminist, mythographer, etc, does she find the visual imagery rather, well, Freudian? Nautical imagery in contemporary art is often used to evoke forced migrations and political exile. The text, engaging and abstract, emphasizes the dreamlike quality of the imagery. Stylistically there's the same obsession with mirrors, and the typical eye-candy imagery. A seasoned director would have had a better handle on imagery, symbolism and pacing. It is the source of his imagery - from the religious iconography to the caravans of trucks to the dancers that populate his paintings. The haunting music score sits beautifully with the film's imagery. In elite society, aristocratic funerary sculpture quickly replaced religious imagery with heraldic and symbolic devices. He marries medium to subject with consummate skill, drawing on a lifetime's accumulation of thought and visual imagery. What makes it so phenomenally stunning, then, is the film's visual imagery. The murals feature both secular and religious imagery and allude to issues such as slavery and notions of Utopia. Most imagery was religious; some of it was created to be didactic, some to exert spiritual power. An exercise in Renaissance perspective, the picture easily holds its own against the religious imagery surrounding it. She draws links to legal culture, common visual imagery, and Franciscan spiritual currents. After the initial jolt from the imagery, his work holds up: he's a skillful painter. The purpose of a film's score is often to complement the visual imagery and emotional delineation at play. The film is rich in allegorical theme and symbolic imagery, transforming the most banal of materials into miraculous epiphanies. It makes for a rich kind of film, full of imagery, allegory and variety. I could paint allegories, elegies and epic statements because the imagery was so strong and the colours of life were so rich. Performed on the climbing wall, the story is told using text, music, visual imagery and stunning choreography. On the creative side, the use of flag imagery is identified in different designers' collections. Origin 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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