imagery
noun[U]
uk/ˈɪm.ɪ.dʒər.i/us/ˈɪm.ə.dʒər.i/the use of words orpicturesinbooks,films,paintings, etc. todescribeideasorsituations:
(书籍、电影、绘画等中的)意象,形象化描述The imagery in thepoemmostlyrelatestodeath.这首诗中的意象大多与死亡有关。
Figurative use of language
- a metaphor forsomethingidiom
- allegorically
- allusion
- anthropomorphic
- anthropomorphize
- figurative
- figure of speech
- idiom
- metaphor
- metaphorical
- metonymy
- mix
- mixed metaphor
- non-literal
- non-metaphorical
- pathetic fallacy
- so to speakidiom
- speak
- symbol
- trope