| 释义 |
personified, ppl. a.|pəˈsɒnɪfaɪd|
[f. personify + -ed1.]
1. Represented, spoken of, or figured as a person.
1833H. Martineau Fr. Wines & Pol. i. 16 Alms issuing from an English merchant's pocket..in the name of a personified vineyard. 1870Lubbock Orig. Civiliz. vii. (1875) 350 The worship of personified principles, such as Fear, Love, Hope, &c.
2. Made into a person; in human form. rare.
1851Gallenga Italy I. ii. ii. 146 The poem of Dante was to Italy what the spark of the sun was to the personified clay of Prometheus. 1899Harper's Mag. Feb. 385 A fierce battle raged between the personified geese who hissed and the men who resented the offence. |