allegorist
/al-i-gawr-ist, -gohr-, al-i-ger-ist/US // ˈæl ɪˌgɔr ɪst, -ˌgoʊr-, ˈæl ɪ gər ɪst //
寓言家,寓言者,寓言作家,寓言主义者
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n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a person who uses or writes allegory.
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Examples
Whatever the primitive Semitic allegorist may have thought, work is a blessing, not a curse.
To the allegorist, the fable or plot in epic or dramatic poetry was only a rind to cover attractively the kernel of truth.
Such a story tempts the allegorist, and indeed the main drift of its meaning is unmistakable.
Philo of Alexandria, the greatest allegorist of the day, has expounded the same history.
Every tale is accompanied by the gloss of a pious allegorist.
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