| 释义 |
impressionize, v. rare.|ɪmˈprɛʃənaɪz|
[f. impression n. + -ize.]
a. trans. To make an impression on; to introduce impressions into, to portray as an impression or set of impressions.
b. intr. To gather impressions.
1894F. M. Elliot Roman Gossip i. 15 He had..imagined this mise en scène to impressionise his fellow-citizens. 1894H. James Notebks. (1947) 160, I must picture it [sc. a story to be written], summarize it, impressionize it, in a word—compress and confine it by making it the picture of what I see. 1905D. Sladen Playing Game i. i. 16 Instead of thinking Japan a God-forsaken country..he was impressionizing in an indolent æsthetic way. |