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
late Middle English : from Old French allegorie, via Latin from Greek allēgoria, from allos 'other' + -agoria 'speaking'