imaginary
/ɪˈmædʒɪnərɪ/adjective
1
- existing only in the imagination想像中的, 假想的, 虚构的, 幻想的：
Chris had imaginary conversations with her.
克里斯在想像中跟她对话。
2
- Mathematics (of a number or quantity) expressed in terms of the square root of a negative number (usually the square root of -1, represented by i or j)【数】虚数的。参见COMPLEX.
派生词
imaginarily
adverb词源
late Middle English: from Latin imaginarius, from imago, imagin- 'image'.