allusion

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al·lu·sion /əˈluːʒən/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]

MENTIONsomething said or written that mentions a subject, person etc indirectly 暗示，暗指，间接提到；典故

allusion to

The committee made no allusion to the former president in its report.

委员会在报告中没有影射前总统。

literary/classical/cultural etc allusions

Eliot’s poetry is full of biblical allusions.

艾略特的诗作中圣经典故比比皆是。

In his poetry we find many allusions to the human body.

在他的诗中，人体的隐喻俯拾皆是。

—allusive /-sɪv/ adjectiveadj [only before noun]

Examples from the Corpus

allusion• Like the cabalistic use of hints and allusions, it achieves results seemingly out of proportion to the measures employed.• Many pages of the New Testament contain quotations or allusions to the Old Testament.• The play abounds in biblical and religious allusions, typical of Romantic works, and also prevalent in the comedia lacrimosa.• Paige looked round, unsure if he was making some allusion to her or not.• The allusion to clouds is anything but fortuitous, emphasizing as it does the link between the sound of drums and thunder.• In various other places and strands of the New Testament we find similar unselfconscious allusions to the three persons in the deity.

literary/classical/cultural etc allusions• The thing about Mr Healey's delightful book is not only the bloody poetry but the classical allusions.

Origin allusion

(1600-1700) Late Latin allusio, from Latin alludere; → ALLUDE

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