English-Thai Dictionary

imagery

N การ อุปมาอุปไมย  การ เปรียบเทียบ  figurativeness metaphor kan-au-pa-ma-au-pa-mai

 

imagery

N ภาพ ใน ความนึกคิด  มโนภาพ  mental image pab-nai-kwam-nuek-kid

 

imagery

N ภาพ ใน งาน ด้าน ศิลปะ  ภาพวาด  pab-nai-ngan-sin-la-pa

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IMAGERY

n.im'ajry. Sensible representations, pictures, statues. Rich carvings, portraitures and imagery.
1. Show; appearance.
What can thy imagery and sorrow mean?
2. Forms of the fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
The imagery of a melancholic fancy.
3. Representations in writing or speaking; lively descriptions which impress the images of things on the mind; figures in discourse.
I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery.
4. Form; make.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IMAGERY

Im "age *ry, n. Etym: [OE. imagerie, F. imagerie. ]

 

1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass. "Painted imagery. " Shak. In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery. Dryden.

 

2. Fig. : Unreal show; imitation; appearance. What can thy imagery of sorrow mean Prior.

 

3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms. The imagery of a melancholic fancy. Atterbury.

 

4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse. I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery. Dryden.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

imagery

im age ry |ˈimij (ə )rē ˈɪmɪʤ (ə )ri | ▶noun visually descriptive or figurative language, esp. in a literary work: Tennyson uses imagery to create a lyrical emotion. • visual images collectively: the impact of computer-generated imagery on contemporary art. • visual symbolism: the film's religious imagery. ORIGIN Middle English (in the senses ‘statuary, carved images collectively ’): from Old French imagerie, from imager ‘make an image, ’ from image (see image ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

imagery

im |agery |ˈɪmɪdʒ (ə )ri | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work: Tennyson uses imagery to create a lyrical emotion. • visual symbolism: the film's religious imagery. 2 visual images collectively: the impact of computer-generated imagery on contemporary art. ORIGIN Middle English (in the senses ‘statuary, carved images collectively ’): from Old French imagerie, from imager ‘make an image ’, from image (see image ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

imagery

imagery noun See image (sense 5 of the noun ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

imagery

im age ry /ɪ́mɪdʒ (ə )ri /名詞 U 〖集合的に 〗1 比喩的表現 [描写 ].2 像, 彫像 ; 映像, 画像 .3 (記憶 想像による )心像 .