英语词汇“imaginary”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adjn

Anything imaginary is not real: it only exists in someone's head. We hate to ruin your day, but unicorns are imaginary.

Our imagination allows us to think of anything we want, and things that only exist in our minds are imaginary. Many children have imaginary friends: people they talk to who aren't real. Mythological beings like dragons, Zeus, and Thor are imaginary. A fantasy about marrying a movie star is probably imaginary, because that isn't likely to happen.

WORD FAMILY

imaginary: imaginaries, imaginarily

USAGE EXAMPLES

Obviously not all of them were qualified to be president; some of them — here we are thinking of “Lincoln Chafee” — were probably imaginary.

Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016)

“If we cling to the concept of ‘globalisation’, we should not see it as a continuous and uninterrupted march toward an imaginary ‘global modernity’.

The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016)

I jog in place and “jump rope” using an imaginary rope.

The New Yorker(Dec 27, 2016)

1adj not based on fact; unreal

a small child's imaginary friends

Syn

fanciful, notional
unreal

lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria

2n (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number

complex conjugate

either of two complex numbers whose real parts are identical and whose imaginary parts differ only in sign

real, real number

any rational or irrational number

pure imaginary number

an imaginary number of the form a+bi where a is 0

dot product, inner product, scalar product

a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors

imaginary part, imaginary part of a complex number

the part of a complex number that has the square root of -1 as a factor

rational, rational number

an integer or a fraction

irrational, irrational number

a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number

number

a concept of quantity involving zero and units

单词	imaginary
释义	imaginary (once / 577 pages) adjn Anything imaginary is not real: it only exists in someone's head. We hate to ruin your day, but unicorns are imaginary. Our imagination allows us to think of anything we want, and things that only exist in our minds are imaginary. Many children have imaginary friends: people they talk to who aren't real. Mythological beings like dragons, Zeus, and Thor are imaginary. A fantasy about marrying a movie star is probably imaginary, because that isn't likely to happen. WORD FAMILY imaginary: imaginaries, imaginarily USAGE EXAMPLES Obviously not all of them were qualified to be president; some of them — here we are thinking of “Lincoln Chafee” — were probably imaginary. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) “If we cling to the concept of ‘globalisation’, we should not see it as a continuous and uninterrupted march toward an imaginary ‘global modernity’. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) I jog in place and “jump rope” using an imaginary rope. The New Yorker(Dec 27, 2016) 1adj not based on fact; unreal a small child's imaginary friends Syn fanciful, notional unreal lacking in reality or substance or genuineness; not corresponding to acknowledged facts or criteria 2n (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1 Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper complex number, complex quantity, imaginary number complex conjugate either of two complex numbers whose real parts are identical and whose imaginary parts differ only in sign real, real number any rational or irrational number pure imaginary number an imaginary number of the form a+bi where a is 0 dot product, inner product, scalar product a real number (a scalar) that is the product of two vectors imaginary part, imaginary part of a complex number the part of a complex number that has the square root of -1 as a factor rational, rational number an integer or a fraction irrational, irrational number a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number number a concept of quantity involving zero and units
随便看	gnome gnomic gnomish gnomon gnosis gnostic Gnosticism GNP gnu gnu goat go rattling rattrap Rattus Rattus norvegicus Rattus rattus ratty rat typhus raucous raucously Raudixin rauli beech raunch raunchy Rau-Sed