allusion
noun /əˈluːʒn/
/əˈluːʒn/
[countable, uncountable] (formal)- allusion (to somebody/something) something that is said or written that refers to or mentions another person or subject in an indirect way (= alludes to it)
暗指；引喻；典故 - 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。 - Her poetry is full of obscure literary allusion.
她的诗随处可见晦涩的文学典故。 - She was made uncomfortable by his veiled allusion to the previous night.
他对头天晚上的事闪烁其词令她感到不快。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
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- contain
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- allusion to
词源mid 16th cent. (denoting a pun, metaphor, or parable): from French, or from late Latin allusio(n-), from the verb alludere, from ad- ‘towards’ + ludere ‘to play’. - His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings.