| 释义 |
allegoric, a.|ælɪˈgɒrɪk|
Also 4 -ik, 7 -ick.
[a. Fr. allégorique, ad. L. allēgoric-us, a. Gr. ἀλληγορικ-ός: see allegory and -ic.]
Of or pertaining to allegory; of the nature of an allegory; constituting or containing an allegory.
1388Wyclif Is. Prol., ‘Literal’ ether historial vndurstondyng techith what thing is don; allegorik techith what we owen for to bileue. 1549Compl. Scotl. iv. (1873) 29 That passage of the text nedis nocht ane alligoric expositione. 1671Milton P.R. iv. 389 A kingdom they portend thee, but what kingdom, Real or allegorick, I discern not. 1762H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Paint. (1786) I. 234 Having painted an allegoric piece of Strength vanquished by Wisdom. 1827De Quincey in Blackw. Mag. XXI. 14 Allegoric personages; that is, impersonated abstractions expounded by emblems. |