allegory
英 [ˈæləgəri] 美 [ˈæləgɔ:ri]
名词: allegorist 名词复数: allegories
allegory基本解释
n.寓言；讽喻；寓意
allegory词典解释
1. 寓言；讽喻
An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
e.g. The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history.
这本书是对拉丁美洲历史的一种讽喻。
2. 寓言体；讽喻法
Allegory is the use of characters and events in a story, poem, or painting to represent other things.
allegory
e.g. The poem's comic allegory was transparent.
该诗的喜剧讽喻法是显而易见的。
allegory英英释义
noun
1. an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances
an extended metaphor
2. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
Synonym: fableparableapologue
3. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
Synonym: emblem
