英语词汇“retina of the mind”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

2. figurative. Something that retains an image or sentiment. Frequently in retina of the mind and variants: a person's memory or imagination (cf. one's mind's eye at mind n.¹ 19b(a)).

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1691 W. Wollaston Design Part of Bk. Ecclesiastes 107 As I turn the Pencil of my eye From Fate and Nature to Society, What terrifying stories does't portray Upon the table of the Retina!

1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. v. 43 This identical bowling-green..became curiously painted..upon the retina of my uncle Toby's fancy.

1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 45 The more just refraction of the rays shall paint the picture in its true colours on the retina of his mind.

1854 D. Brewster More Worlds i. 8 The image of the future is the last picture which is effaced from the retina of the mind.

1902 Musical Times 43 20/1 The fair young form of the principal actress of the scene..produced an impression on the retina of my youthful mind which will never be effaced.

1946 L. B. Lyon Rough Walk Home 27 The retina of a blind man's finger-tips though fine, is not so finely spun as hope's.

1978 Times 23 May 14/5 Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a film that lingers on the retina of the mind like the image of a light stared at before the eyes are closed.

2009 Journal (Newcastle) (Nexis) 16 Jan. 15 I'm sure the memorable images are as burnt on the retinas of your minds as much as they are on mine.

单词	retina of the mind
释义	> as lemmas retina of the mind 2. figurative. Something that retains an image or sentiment. Frequently in retina of the mind and variants: a person's memory or imagination (cf. one's mind's eye at mind n.¹ 19b(a)). ΚΠ 1691 W. Wollaston Design Part of Bk. Ecclesiastes 107 As I turn the Pencil of my eye From Fate and Nature to Society, What terrifying stories does't portray Upon the table of the Retina! 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. v. 43 This identical bowling-green..became curiously painted..upon the retina of my uncle Toby's fancy. 1807 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 17 45 The more just refraction of the rays shall paint the picture in its true colours on the retina of his mind. 1854 D. Brewster More Worlds i. 8 The image of the future is the last picture which is effaced from the retina of the mind. 1902 Musical Times 43 20/1 The fair young form of the principal actress of the scene..produced an impression on the retina of my youthful mind which will never be effaced. 1946 L. B. Lyon Rough Walk Home 27 The retina of a blind man's finger-tips though fine, is not so finely spun as hope's. 1978 Times 23 May 14/5 Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a film that lingers on the retina of the mind like the image of a light stared at before the eyes are closed. 2009 Journal (Newcastle) (Nexis) 16 Jan. 15 I'm sure the memorable images are as burnt on the retinas of your minds as much as they are on mine. extracted from retinan.¹ < as lemmas
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