Allegory



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解释

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• n.寓言
• ［英］ n.寓言 ( fable)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -ries)

• Etymology: Middle English allegorie, from Latin allegoria, from Greek allēgoria, from allēgorein to speak figuratively, from allos other + -ēgorein to speak publicly, from agora assembly — more at else, agora
• Date: 14th century
• 1. the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence; also an instance (as in a story or painting) of such expression
• 2. a symbolic representation ; emblem 2

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