allegory
英 ['ælɪg(ə)rɪ]
美 ['æləɡɔri]
助記提示
1. all- "another" + egor- "speak openly, speak (in the assembly)" + -y.
2. literally "a speaking about something else".
3. => figurative language, description of one thing under the image of another.
4. Allegory：alle-all，gory-格林。全都是格林童話一樣的寓言----寓言。
5. Allegory：all-all，e -- 伊索寓言, gory-格林。
中文詞源
allegory 寓言詞根alle, 同al, 異，其它，見else. -egor, 同agora, 廣場。原指在公共演講時的一種諷喻性修辭手法，引申詞義寓言，諷喻。
英文詞源
- allegory
- allegory: [14] Etymologically, allegory means ‘speaking otherwise’. It comes from a Greek compound based on allos ‘other’ (which is related to Latin alius, as in English alibi and alias, and to English else) and agoreúein ‘speak publicly’ (derived from agorá ‘(place of) assembly’, which is the source of English agoraphobia and is related to gregarious). Greek allēgorein ‘speak figuratively’ produced the noun allēgorīā, which passed into English via Latin and French.
=> aggregate, agoraphobia, alias, alibi, else, gregarious - allegory (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French allegorie (12c.), from Latin allegoria, from Greek allegoria "figurative language, description of one thing under the image of another," literally "a speaking about something else," from allos "another, different" (see alias (adv.)) + agoreuein "speak openly, speak in the assembly," from agora "assembly" (see agora).
雙語例句
- 1. The play is being widely read as an allegory of imperialist conquest.
- 這部劇被廣泛解讀為對帝國主義征服的諷喻。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The poem's comic allegory was transparent.
- 該詩的喜劇諷喻法是顯而易見的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. the poet's use of allegory
- 詩人的諷喻手法
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history.
- 這本書是對拉丁美洲曆史的一種諷喻。
來自辭典例句
- 5. The play can be read as allegory.
- 這個劇本可作為寓言閱讀。
來自辭典例句