English Dictionary

impression

/ɪmˈpɹɛʃən/

noun

The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another. / The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person. / A vague recalling of an event, a belief.

My first impression of the city was that it was vibrant and full of life.

意味（1）

The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.

His head made an impression on the pillow.

意味（2）

The overall effect of something, e.g., on a person.

The stories did not seem to me to touch life. […] They left me with the impression of a well-delivered stereopticon lecture, with characters about as life-like as the shadows on the screen, and whisking on and off, at the mercy of the operator.

意味（3）

A vague recalling of an event, a belief.

I have the impression that he's already left for Paris.

意味（4）

An impersonation, an imitation of the mannerisms of another individual.

意味（5）

An outward appearance.

意味（6）

(advertising) An online advertising performance metric representing an instance where an ad is shown once.

Publishers are paid for each ad impression their site generates.

意味（7）

(painting) The first coat of colour, such as the priming in house-painting etc.

意味（8）

(engraving) A print on paper from a wood block, metal plate, etc.

意味（9）

(philosophy) The vivid perception of something as it is experienced, in contrast to ideas or thoughts drawn from memory or the imagination.

Let us, therefore, use a little freedom, and call them Impressions; employing that word in a sense somewhat different from the usual. By the term impression, then, I mean all our more lively perceptions, when we hear, or see, or feel, or love, or hate, or desire, or will. And impressions are distinguished from ideas, which are the less lively perceptions, of which we are conscious, when we reflect on any of those sensations or movements above mentioned.