allegory
美音:
[´ælə´gɔ:rı
]英音:
[´ælə´gɔ:rı
]n.寓言
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allegory为短语/超纲词汇
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名词:allegorist 名词复数:allegories
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allegory
/'ælɪgərɪ; [US] 'ælɪgɔ:rɪ; `ælə,ˇɔrɪ/
n [U, C] (style of a) story, painting or description in which the characters and events are meant as symbols of purity, truth, patience, etc 寓言(体), 讽喻(风格)(以人物和事件象徵纯洁, 真理, 耐心等的故事, 绘画或叙述).
allegory
npluralallegories [U and C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin;Origin: allegoria, from Greek, from allegorein 'to speak allegorically', from allos 'other' + agorein 'to speak publicly']
a story, painting etc in which the events and characters represent ideas or teach a moral lesson
>allegorical [,ælɪ'gɔrɪkəl (US) -'gɔːr-/