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单词 allusion
释义
allusion
noun[C]
uk
/əˈluː.ʒən/us
/əˈluː.ʒən/
something that is said or written that isintendedto make youthinkof aparticularthing orperson:
影射，暗指；典故
Thefilmisfullof allusionstoHitchcock.这部电影处处都在向希区柯克致敬。
Hernovelsarepackedwithliteraryallusions.她的小说充满了文学典故。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Figurative use of language
  • a metaphor forsomethingidiom
  • allegorically
  • anthropomorphic
  • anthropomorphize
  • figurative
  • figure of speech
  • idiom
  • ironic
  • metaphor
  • metaphorical
  • metonymy
  • mix
  • mixed metaphor
  • non-literal
  • non-metaphorical
  • pathetic fallacy
  • so to speakidiom
  • speak
  • symbol
  • trope
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Quoting & making references
(Definition ofallusionfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

allusion| American Dictionary

allusion
noun[C]
us
/əˈlu·ʒən/
literature
abrieforindirectreference:
He made some allusion to theyearstheylivedapart.
(Definition ofallusionfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofallusion

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But in this instance, theallusionis purely figurative.
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In most cases, as will appear below, they can be fitted into a network of dramaticallusion.
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Nevertheless, theallusionto a spatial setting is an important part of the sound-picture - traced through morphology in the stratified sound layers.
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Would we not expect to find at least some bawdy allusions in male jokes and social satires?
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Here begins the 'acoustic chorale', a sequence of six- or seven-pitch chords imbued with intervallic allusions to the acoustic overtone series.
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Thisallusionmarks the southern landscape as a place of intense beauty scarred by the presence of unacknowledged violence.
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These publications reveal an antagonistic voice using classicalallusionto articulate hostility to the engrossing of power.
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The meaning, content, allusions, and associations of dream (undefined) are regularly the focus of discussion and publication.
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By 1980, he had considerably reduced his allusions to the most ' ' esoteric or supernatural issues.
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The breathless plot developments of the crime and courtroom drama are highly fictionalized allusions to the ponderous workings of the law.
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We have an article on etymology in mind and would like to deal with literary allusions too, in due course.
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In these admonitions and allusions, this muttering which is incomprehensible to the uninitiated, there is a note of truth.
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Where concealedallusionhas been claimed, 'allegory' (in a general sense) has usually been seen as the vehicle.
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Despite the passage's bizarre quality, it contains a number of historical allusions.
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Moreover, numerous allusions made to the presence of municipal governments in works on urban leisure or culture attest to its importance.
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