Allude
[ə'l(j)uːd] or [ə'lʊd]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) make a more or less disguised reference to; 'He alluded to the problem but did not mention it'.
錄入:玛丽埃塔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. i.) To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction.
(v. t.) To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable.
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同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Point, indicate, suggest, hint, signify, insinuate, refer, imply, intimate
ANT:Specify, demonstrate, declare, mention, state
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解釋/意思:
v.i. to mention slightly or convey an indirect reference to in passing: to refer to.—n. Allū′sion an indirect reference.—adj. Allus′ive alluding to: hinting at: referring to indirectly.—adv. Allus′ively.—Allusive arms (her.) also canting or punning arms and armes parlantes those in which the charges convey reference to the bearer's name or title as the column of the Colonna family the Vele calf (O. Fr. veé™?i> a calf) the Arundel martlets (O. Fr. arondel a young swallow).
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例句/造句/用法:
- I'm frank and open; considering all things, it was very kind of you to allude to the circumstance--very kind and polite. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Excuse me if I allude to that which is painful to you, but I have no alternative. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歸來記.
- Long since you ought to have crushed it: now you should blush to allude to it. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- But I happen to know the story to which you allude; and I also know that a viler falsehood than that story never was told. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- Did the honourable Pickwickian allude to him? 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- I allude particularly to Fanny and Harriette. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- And with all this, the sweetest tempered person (I allude to Mr. Godfrey)--the simplest and pleasantest and easiest to please--you ever met with. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- I alluded to the coldness of her letters; but the few minutes we had spent together sufficiently explained the origin of this. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I had never doubted that the Moonstone had found its way into Mr. Luker's hands, at the time Mr. Murthwaite alluded to. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- You alluded to something else. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- One or other of those shady Englishmen to whom I have alluded, would get them the copy you have described. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- But being in company with the brother of a doosed fine gal--well educated too--with no biggodd nonsense about her--at the period alluded to--' 'There! 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The village of Nunnely has been alluded to--its old church, its forest, its monastic ruins. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I could not hope to get a lodging under a roof, and sought it in the wood I have before alluded to. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- A pretty list indeed, said Brougham, alluding to my characters, as advertised in the newspapers by Stockdale. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- But she probably had something of that in her thoughts, when alluding to the misunderstandings which he had given us hints of before. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- If you saw a nymph you would go mad, remarked Maurice, alluding to the old Greek superstition. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- We must not conclude this notice of Paper Making Machinery without alluding to the ingenious self-acting mechanisms for making envelopes. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- I am now only alluding to a few pages of it, for I soon grew tired of my occupation. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- The sight of Betsey brought the image of little Mary back again, but she would not have pained her mother by alluding to her for the world. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It looks like rain, said her mother, observing that she had on her new bonnet, but not alluding to the fact. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- In the vegetable kingdom Mr. Mivart only alludes to two cases, namely the structure of the flowers of orchids, and the movements of climbing plants. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
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