| 单词 | allusive |
| 释义 | allusive (once / 18791 pages) adj Allusive means implying or indirectly suggesting something. If you broach the subject of your friend's strange hair cut in an allusive way, you hint around without ever directly referring to it. Modern dances are full of allusive movements and gestures — they symbolize or suggest deeper meanings. Poetry is often quite allusive too, using symbols and vague impressions rather than straightforwardly addressing a topic. It's easy to confuse allusive with elusive, which is pronounced the same way but means "difficult to find or achieve." WORD FAMILYallusive: allusively, allusiveness+/allude: alluded, alludes, alluding, allusion, allusive/allusion: allusions USAGE EXAMPLESThe young, dauntless South African artist aced his first American museum show, an allusive, melancholy infilling of the erasures of history. The Guardian(Dec 15, 2016) Marías’s novels are cerebral and allusive, long-winded in the best sense. The New Yorker(Dec 08, 2016) He’s a difficult poet — allusive, riddling, satirical, strange. New York Times(Nov 22, 2016) adj characterized by indirect references allusive speech is characterized by allusions Syn indirect extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action |
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