allegory

allegory
(pl. -ies)
  1. a story, poem, or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
    (尤指道德或政治说教的)寓言,讽喻诗,讽喻画
    Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory of the spiritual journey.
    《天路历程》是一个精神历程的寓言。
    ■[mass noun]the genre to which such works belong
    讽喻派
    he had given up realism for allegory.
    他为讽喻而放弃了现实主义。
    ■a symbol
    象征
派生
allegorist
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English : from Old French allegorie, via Latin from Greek allēgoria, from allos 'other' + -agoria 'speaking'
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