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.這本書是對拉丁美洲歷史的一種諷喻。
N-UNCOUNT
寓言體；諷喻法
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.該詩的喜劇諷喻法是顯而易見的。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
2. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
3. an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor