eidetic
adjective
psychologyspecializeduk/aɪˈdet.ɪk/us/aɪˈdet̬.ɪk/An eideticmemoryis theabilitytorememberthings inexactdetail, as if you canseethem inyourmind:
(头脑中的印象)异常清晰的,似在眼前的He was abrilliantstudentwith an eideticmemory.他是一个记忆力超群的优秀学生。
Compare
photographic memory
An eideticimageis one youseeingreatdetailinyourmind:
(过去事物的清晰形象)重现的Of all the eideticimagesthatremainfrom mychildhood, this is the mostvivid.童年在我头脑里留下的所有清晰影像中,这是最生动的。
- He has an eideticmemoryso that, if, as he's goingonstage, someonetellshim there's atableoffiremento hisleft, he canmentallyflickthrough hisfilesfor thesectionoffiremenjokes.
- She wasfilingit away in her eideticmemorytobringup at anothertimein thefuture.
- Somehackersreportexperiencingstrongeideticimagerywhen incyberspace.
- Do you first need toformapictureof the two of ussittingin thatcafédiscussingyourfather- an eidetic image- before the words come to you?
Memory and memories
- at/in the back ofyourmindidiom
- clear
- confabulation
- corporate memory
- false memory syndrome
- flash
- flash back
- go down
- live
- memory
- memory bank
- muscle memory
- nostalgia
- nostalgic
- nostalgically
- short-term memory
- to the best ofmyrecollectionidiom
- unsee
- within living memoryidiom
- withinyourmemoryidiom