personify
personify
(-ies, -ied)
personifier
noun
语源
(-ies, -ied)
- [with obj.]represent (a quality or concept) by a figure in human form
是（品质，观念）的化身
public pageants and dramas in which virtues and vices were personified.
善与恶均有化身的露天历史剧和戏剧。
■(一般作 be personified)attribute a personal nature or human characteristics to (something non-human)
把…人格化，把…拟人化
in the poem the oak trees are personified.
在那首诗中橡树被拟人化了。
■represent or embody (a quality, concept, or thing) in a physical form
象征（某一品质、观念或事物)，体现
the car personified motoring fun for two decades.
那汽车体现了驾车的乐趣达20年之久。
personifier
noun
语源
- early 18th cent.: from French personnifier, from personne 'person'
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