英语单词 | allude |
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英美音标 | 英 [ə'luːd] 美 [ə'luːd] |
中文释义 | v.暗示;暗指 |
英语例句 | (1) I didn't allude to anything or anybody. (2) He did not even allude to his brother's engagement to Mary. (3) What were you alluding to just now? |
中文例句 | (1) 我并未影射任何人或任何事。 (2) 他兄弟与玛丽订婚的事他只字未提。 (3) 你刚才指的是什么? |
vocabulary简明 | When you allude to something, you don't identify it or mention it specifically. If you allude to the fact that a cop is sitting right behind you, your friends might stop talking about their plans to rob a bank. |
vocabulary扩展 | Allude is from Latin allūdere "to play with, joke" from the prefix ad- "toward" plus lūdere "to play." The corresponding noun is allusion, which is often used of an indirect reference in literature: Helen, a fitting name for a woman of great beauty, is an allusion to Helen of Troy. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [VERB 动词]间接提到;暗指;影射 If you allude to something, you mention it in an indirect way. [V [FORMAL 正式]
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