allegories是什么意思？

allegories

• n. 寓言( allegory的名词复数 )；

例句

• Most millefleurs tapestries show secular scenes or allegories. 许多百花挂毯的图案都是普通景色和寓言故事.
• The heroes in allegories are usually animals. 寓言中的主人公通常是动物.
• All similes and allegories concerning her began and ended with birds. 要比仿她,要模拟她,总得以鸟类始,还得以鸟类终.

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• N-COUNT
  寓言；讽喻
  An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.
  例句
  The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history. 这本书是对拉丁美洲历史的一种讽喻。
• N-UNCOUNT
  寓言体；讽喻法
  Allegory is the use of characters and events in a story, poem, or painting to represent other things.
  例句
  The poem's comic allegory was transparent. 该诗的喜剧讽喻法是显而易见的。