Imagery

Definition

image / 'ÇmÇdz / n ၁။ [C] အျမင္။ ႐ုပ္သြင္။ နာမည္။ a new / youthful image ❍ How can we improve our (public) image? ၂။ [C] ပံု။ ႐ုပ္သြင္။ ႐ုပ္လႊာ။ an image of refugees queuing for food ❍ I have this image of you as always being cheerful. ၃။ (က) [sing] ပံု။ ႐ုပ္သြင္။ ပံုစံ။ She looks the image of her mother. (ခ) [C] ဆင္းတု။ ႐ုပ္တု။ carved images. ၄။ [C] ပံုရိပ္။ See also MIRROR IMAGE ၅။ [C] ပံုရိပ္။ ႐ုပ္လႊာ။ a poem full of startling images. ❑ imagery / 'ÇmÇdʒǝri / n [U] ၁။ နိမိတ္ပံု။ စာပန္းခ်ီ။ poetic imagery. ၂။ ႐ုပ္ပံု၊ ဓာတ္ပံု စသည္ ပံုရိပ္။ satellite imagery (eg photographs of the earth taken from space). ❑ the very / living / spitting image (of sb) [ IDM ] ခြၽတ္စြပ္။ He’s the spitting image of Prince Charles.

Examples

1. [image of] : We have an image of the US as a very rich country.
2. [shake off/get away from/shed an image] : The company needs to shake off its outdated image.
3. [image of] : Media images of young women
4. [project/present/promote an image] : They present an image of themselves as experts in this area.
5. [positive/negative image] : The charity is trying to promote positive images of mental handicap.
6. The strong visual images of the Catholic church
7. [conjure up an image] : Their name conjures up images of shiny new office buildings.
8. [mental image] : I had a sudden mental image of Robert waiting for me with flowers.
9. The flickering black-and-white images on the first cinema screens
10. Software for manipulating images after you have scanned them
11. Images of strange-looking animals are carved into the rocks.
12. Mrs Carson was peering closely at her own image in the mirror.
13. The book paints an image of the human being as alone in a crowded world.