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).
实用例句
1. The play is being widely read as an allegory of imperialist conquest.
这部剧被广泛解读为对帝国主义征服的讽喻。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The poem's comic allegory was transparent.
该诗的喜剧讽喻法是显而易见的。
来自柯林斯例句
3. the poet's use of allegory
诗人的讽喻手法
来自《权威词典》
4. The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history.
