allusion
allusion 英 [əˈlu:ʒn] 美 [əˈluʒən]
n. 暗示； 暗指；典故
名词复数:allusions
- That little nod to a Dylan Thomas poem that you sneaked into your PowerPoint presentation? That was an allusion, a quick reference to something that your audience will have to already know in order to "get."
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- n. 暗示； 暗指；典故
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1. His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings.
他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。
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2. Her poetry is full of obscure literary allusion.
她的诗随处可见晦涩的文学典故。
- allusion (n.) 1540s, "metaphor, parable" (a sense now obsolete); 1550s, "word-play, joke;" 1610s as "passing or casual reference," from Latin allusionem (nominative allusio) "a playing with, a reference to," noun of action from past participle stem of alludere "to play, jest, make fun of," from ad "to" (see ad-) + ludere "to play" (see ludicrous). An allusion is never an outright or explicit mention of the person or thing the speaker seems to have in mind.
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