名詞 image:

1. an iconic mental representation
   同義詞：mental image
2. a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface
   同義詞：picture, icon, ikon
3. (Jungian psychology) a personal facade that one presents to the world
   同義詞：persona
4. a standard or typical example
   同義詞：prototype, paradigm, epitome
5. language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
   同義詞：trope, figure of speech, figure
6. someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
   同義詞：double, look-alike
7. the general impression that something (a person or organization or product) presents to the public
8. a representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture)
   同義詞：effigy, simulacrum

動詞 image:

1. imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind
   同義詞：visualize, visualise, envision, project, fancy, see, figure, picture

1. This company is concerned about its corporate image.
   這家公司關(guān)心它自身的法人形象。
2. She is the express image of her mother.
   她和她母親長得一模一樣。
3. They concentrated on better definition of the optical image.
   他們致力於提高該光學(xué)影像的鮮明度。
4. I have this image of you as always being cheerful.
   在我的心目中，你的樣子總是興高采烈的。
5. Her image rose before him.
   她的影像在他眼前浮現(xiàn)。
6. How can we improve our image?
   我們該怎樣來改善自己的形象呢？

im.age

n.（名詞）
A reproduction of the form of a person or an object, especially a sculptured likeness.
畫像，塑像：人或物體的輪廓的復(fù)制，尤指雕塑出來的復(fù)制品
Physics An optically formed duplicate, counterpart, or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction of an object formed by a lens or mirror.
【物理學(xué)】 鏡像，映像：物體由于光學(xué)原因形成的復(fù)制品、對應(yīng)物或其它形式的代表物，尤指通過透鏡或鏡子而形成的視覺復(fù)制品
One that closely or exactly resembles another; a double:
翻版，酷似：極像或完全像另一物的人或物；相似者：
例句：
He is the image of his uncle.
他活象他叔叔的翻版

The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public.
形象，概念：大眾認(rèn)可的某事的意見或概念
The character projected to the public, as by a person or an institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media.
模范，典范：由某組織或某個人向大眾推薦的人物，往往通過大眾媒介作宣傳
A personification of something specified:
象征，化身：特定事物的擬人化：
例句：
That child is the image of good health.
那個小孩就是健康的化身

A mental picture of something not real or present.
幻象：非真實或不現(xiàn)實的事情在腦海中的反映

A vivid description or representation.
描繪：生動的描繪或表述
A figure of speech, especially a metaphor or simile.
演說形式，尤指明喻或隱喻
A concrete representation, as in art, literature, or music, that is expressive or evocative of something else:
象征，意象：美術(shù)、文學(xué)或音樂中使用的代表或表述另一事物的具體形象：
例句：
night as an image of death.
黑夜是死亡的象征

Mathematics A set of values of a function corresponding to a particular subset of a domain.
【數(shù)學(xué)】 像，像點：函數(shù)中與某一集合中特定變量相對應(yīng)的變量
Computer Science An exact copy of data in a file transferred to another medium.
【計算機(jī)科學(xué)】 圖象，映象：轉(zhuǎn)入另一介質(zhì)中的對文件數(shù)據(jù)的完全復(fù)制
Obsolete An apparition.
【廢語】 幽靈
v.tr.（及物動詞）
im.aged,im.ag.ing,im.ag.es
To make or produce a likeness of.
復(fù)制：制作或產(chǎn)生與…一樣的事物
To mirror or reflect.
反映，反射
To symbolize or typify.
象征，代表
To picture (something) mentally; imagine.
設(shè)想，想象：在腦海中描繪（某物）；想象
To describe, especially so vividly as to evoke a mental picture of.
描繪：生動地描繪，在人們腦海中造成印像
Computer Science To translate (photographs or other pictures) by computer into numbers that can be transmitted to a remote location and then reconverted into pictures by another computer.
【計算機(jī)科學(xué)】 影象傳輸：用計算機(jī)（把照片或其它圖畫）轉(zhuǎn)換成可以傳替到遠(yuǎn)處的數(shù)字，再用另一臺計算機(jī)把數(shù)字還原成圖畫
To visualize (something), as by magnetic resonance imaging.
制造視覺影象：通過例如磁共振成像這樣的方法來顯現(xiàn)（某物）

來源：
Middle English
中古英語
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Latin im3gô
源自 拉丁語 im3gô

【引伸】
im.ageless
adj.（形容詞）