A parable.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > parable, allegory, or apologue > [noun] (29) byspelc950 A parable. by-talea1300 A parable; cf. byspel, n. 1. forbyseninga1300 A parable. fable1340 A short story devised to convey some useful lesson; esp. one in which animals or inanimate things are the speakers or actors; an apologue. Now the… parablec1384 spec. A (usually realistic) story or narrative told to convey a moral or spiritual lesson or insight; esp. one told by Jesus in the Gospels. (Now… similitudea1425 A parable; an allegory. examplec1425 An illustrative or instructive narrative, esp. one drawn from Scripture, history, or the classics; a parable or fable. Cf. exemplum, n. 2. allegoryc1450 A story, picture, etc., which uses symbols to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning, typically a moral or political one; a symbolic representation; an… problema1500 Chiefly Scottish. A metaphorical fable, an allegory, a parable; an analogy. Obsolete. apologuea1555 An allegorical story intended to convey a useful lesson; a moral fable. (Applied more especially to a story in which the actors or speakers are taken… byworda1557 A parable. Obsolete. mythology1603 A mythical story, a myth. In early use more widely: a parable, an allegory. Obsolete. Aesopism1845 A condition, story, practice, or other feature characteristic or reminiscent of Aesop. exemplum1883 spec. An illustrative or instructive story; a parable. Cf. example, n. 1d. Subcategories:— beast-fable (3) — explanatory scheme of (1) — action of or fondness for creating (2) — writer or teller of (9) |
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