词义说明
该短语的核心含义是“在想象中”或“在脑海中”,指通过内心视觉而非肉眼看到某种形象或场景。其本义源于“mind's eye”这一隐喻,将心智比作眼睛,能够“看见”不在眼前的事物。引申义包括:1) 回忆过去的情景,如“in my mind's eye, I can still see my childhood home”;2) 展望未来的景象,如“in her mind's eye, she pictured herself graduating”;3) 构思或想象抽象的概念,如“in the mind's eye of the artist, the sculpture was already complete”。各义项均围绕“内心视觉”这一核心,从具体回忆到抽象构想,层层递进。