| 单词 | allegory |
| 释义 | allegory /al"euh gawr'ee, -gohr'ee/, n. , pl. allegories. 1. a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. 2. a symbolical narrative: the allegory of Piers Plowman. 3. emblem (def. 3). [1350-1400; ME allegorie < L allegoria < Gk allegoría, deriv. of allegoreîn to speak so as to imply something other. See ALLO-, AGORA; Gk agoreúein to speak, proclaim, orig. meant to act (e.g., speak) in the assembly] Syn. 2. fable, parable. |
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