imago

名词 n.
/ɪˈmeɪɡəʊ/|/ɪˈmɑːɡəʊ/    /ɪˈmeɪɡoʊ/|/ɪˈmɑɡoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The final developmental stage of an insect after undergoing metamorphosis.
    — ‘But still,’ he said to himself, drawing the metamorphoses of a red admiral, egg, caterpillar, chrysalis and imago on his pad, ‘what shall I say to him when we meet?’
  2. An idealised concept of a loved one, formed in childhood and retained unconsciously into adult life, the basis for the psychological formation of personality archetypes.

词形变化

imagines plural imagos plural imagoes plural

词汇关系

词源

From Latin imāgō. Doublet of image.
Compare typologically a Russian term for coordinate larva: личи́нка (ličínka) (akin to лик (lik)).
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