allusion (to somebody/something) something that is said or written that refers to or mentions another person or subject in an indirect way (= alludes to it)暗指；引喻；典故- His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings.他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。🔊🔊
- Her poetry is full of obscure literary allusion.她的诗随处可见晦涩的文学典故。🔊🔊
- She was made uncomfortable by his veiled allusion to the previous night.他对头天晚上的事闪烁其词令她感到不快。
Topics Languagec2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveverb + allusionprepositionSee full entry Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a pun, metaphor, or parable): from French, or from late Latin allusio(n-), from the verb alludere, from ad- ‘towards’ + ludere ‘to play’.