英语释义
1. a usually visual sensation occurring after stimulation by its external cause has ceased
2. a lasting memory or mental image of something
The problem with the heros of myths is that, although they were once a reality or rooted in one, they rarely matched their lovely afterimage.
— Irvin Faust
3. a usually visual sensation occurring after stimulation by its external cause has ceased — called also aftersensation, aftervision