imagery的词源

英文词源

imagery (n.)

mid-14c., "piece of sculpture, carved figures," from Old French imagerie (13c.), from imagier "painter," from image (see image (n.)). Meaning "ornate description" (in poetry, etc.) is from 1580s.

中文词源

imagery：意象，影象

来自image,形象，印象，影像。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：imagery 词源，imagery 含义。

imagery：形象化的描述，意象；像，画像，塑像，雕像，偶像(总称)

词根词缀： imag相似 + -ery名词词尾

同源词：image, imagine, imitate