Definition of allusive in English:

allusive

adjective əˈluːsɪv

Using or containing suggestion rather than explicit mention.
暗指的，影射的，含典故的
allusive references to the body
对身体的委婉说法。
a highly allusive poet
一位喜用典故的诗人。
Example sentencesExamples
- It is a misfortune that the text of the history of Ammianus Marcellinus, which introduces this episode, is defective, and that only allusive back references survive.
- A fair portion of contemporary poetry over-relies on self-reflexive irony, tonal detachment, and an often irritating allusive erudition.
- Designer Susan Benson imparts the allusive quality of a Japanese watercolour, and Michael Whitfield beautifully recreates changing natural light.
- Findlay is sympathetic to the self-referential and allusive nature of the play, Shakespeare's most mature comedy, and makes no attempt at realism.
- Phillips likes to write allusive portraits peppered with images he can wrap his warm, grainy voice around, like the slowly-rolling Far End of the Night or the feistier Calamity Jane.
- In opening with an anonymous voice, only later identified, we are immediately plunged into the allusive narrative style which characterises this novel.
- Mangold's curled figure proves a curiously allusive and vulnerable emblem as it unfurls across one, two or three panels, nearing but never quite touching the edges of the support.
- Above all, they are gestures by which the poet and the reader may together, through a sequence of allusive suggestions and corresponding recognitions, infuse the written text with breath.
- In some ways the poem is the closest thing he would write to the method and manner of Eliot, with its mysterious, fragmentary dialogue and allusive range.
- Both make allusive abstract forms that can suggest seedpods, cells or constellations, and both work in a generous scale with a sensitive touch.
- Approaching the texts in a suggestive and allusive manner, they draw on their own poetic experience to elucidate the texts.
- As well as Joyce there was TS Eliot, whose densely allusive poem The Waste Land prompted such perplexity that the poet felt prompted to provide his own notes.
- Chopin's Preludes return independence to the hands in order to display a new kind of allusive dialogue between them.
- Mr. Bellow's prose is energetic and torrential; his voice learned and allusive.
- But it's a perfect example of the strange and allusive poetry he brings to even the most conventional of subjects, such as his portrait of an archer, which seems to be both more and less than a portrait.
- Again and commonly, physical beauty enjoys a symbolic and allusive function in these Anglo-Saxon texts.
- As an essayist, he conveys similar purpose, putting across his thoughts in a lively, questioning, allusive and often self-deprecatory way.
- He is able to construct space through the juxtaposition of colors and to play with allusive reference.
- Trying too hard to be symbolic and trendily allusive, it collapses under the weight of its ambitions.
- Wizon's titles are evocative and allusive, and it is only via their suggestions that one can begin to read the touches of color in terms of imagery.
Synonyms
figurative, representative, illustrative, emblematic, allegorical, parabolic, non-literal, denotative, connotative, suggestive, mnemonic

Derivatives

allusively

adverb əˈluːsɪvli

While Grosvenor's dramatically cantilevered sculptures disturbed space in an almost physical manner, like a speeding boat's wake, his recent pieces activate space allusively and emotionally.
Example sentencesExamples
- The story remains the same - wildly improbable and allusively rendered - but the music has inflated and deepened in a manner befitting the giant robots, imploding planets, and freaky cast of thousands it contains.
- Yet Moffatt makes the point allusively, in a whisper entirely in keeping with the tone of the work.
- Mann says it's a strange thing with the fulfilment of prophecies, they often confirm themselves allusively rather than literally.
- These rambles take the author, briefly and allusively, through a great many topics other than his primary concern with taste.

allusiveness

noun əˈluːsɪvnəs

Another, less-remarked problem, is that the extraordinary allusiveness of his prose is the product of a kind of education which no longer exists.
Example sentencesExamples
- There are kinds of subtlety and metaphorical allusiveness that are easier to achieve in comics than in novels.
- If you can stand the obliqueness, the allusiveness and the tension-inducing pace, you are in for an experience that is disturbing, revelatory and poetic.
- She uses non-realistic devices from fairy tale and a playful allusiveness to other texts in both dialogue and third-person narration.
- The allusiveness requires us to attend to the internal structure of the text, and at the same time asks us to step outside it, to other texts.

Rhymes

abusive, collusive, conclusive, conducive, delusive, diffusive, effusive, elusive, exclusive, illusive, inclusive, intrusive, obtrusive, preclusive, reclusive, seclusive

Definition of allusive in US English:

allusive

adjective

(of a remark or reference) working by suggestion rather than explicit mention.
暗指的，影射的，含典故的
allusive references to the body
对身体的委婉说法。
Example sentencesExamples
- As an essayist, he conveys similar purpose, putting across his thoughts in a lively, questioning, allusive and often self-deprecatory way.
- Phillips likes to write allusive portraits peppered with images he can wrap his warm, grainy voice around, like the slowly-rolling Far End of the Night or the feistier Calamity Jane.
- Chopin's Preludes return independence to the hands in order to display a new kind of allusive dialogue between them.
- Mr. Bellow's prose is energetic and torrential; his voice learned and allusive.
- It is a misfortune that the text of the history of Ammianus Marcellinus, which introduces this episode, is defective, and that only allusive back references survive.
- Designer Susan Benson imparts the allusive quality of a Japanese watercolour, and Michael Whitfield beautifully recreates changing natural light.
- Wizon's titles are evocative and allusive, and it is only via their suggestions that one can begin to read the touches of color in terms of imagery.
- As well as Joyce there was TS Eliot, whose densely allusive poem The Waste Land prompted such perplexity that the poet felt prompted to provide his own notes.
- Approaching the texts in a suggestive and allusive manner, they draw on their own poetic experience to elucidate the texts.
- Above all, they are gestures by which the poet and the reader may together, through a sequence of allusive suggestions and corresponding recognitions, infuse the written text with breath.
- Both make allusive abstract forms that can suggest seedpods, cells or constellations, and both work in a generous scale with a sensitive touch.
- But it's a perfect example of the strange and allusive poetry he brings to even the most conventional of subjects, such as his portrait of an archer, which seems to be both more and less than a portrait.
- Mangold's curled figure proves a curiously allusive and vulnerable emblem as it unfurls across one, two or three panels, nearing but never quite touching the edges of the support.
- In some ways the poem is the closest thing he would write to the method and manner of Eliot, with its mysterious, fragmentary dialogue and allusive range.
- Findlay is sympathetic to the self-referential and allusive nature of the play, Shakespeare's most mature comedy, and makes no attempt at realism.
- He is able to construct space through the juxtaposition of colors and to play with allusive reference.
- A fair portion of contemporary poetry over-relies on self-reflexive irony, tonal detachment, and an often irritating allusive erudition.
- Trying too hard to be symbolic and trendily allusive, it collapses under the weight of its ambitions.
- Again and commonly, physical beauty enjoys a symbolic and allusive function in these Anglo-Saxon texts.
- In opening with an anonymous voice, only later identified, we are immediately plunged into the allusive narrative style which characterises this novel.
Synonyms
figurative, representative, illustrative, emblematic, allegorical, parabolic, non-literal, denotative, connotative, suggestive, mnemonic

词汇	allusive
释义	Definition of allusive in English: allusive adjective əˈluːsɪv Using or containing suggestion rather than explicit mention. 暗指的，影射的，含典故的 allusive references to the body 对身体的委婉说法。 a highly allusive poet 一位喜用典故的诗人。 Example sentencesExamples It is a misfortune that the text of the history of Ammianus Marcellinus, which introduces this episode, is defective, and that only allusive back references survive. A fair portion of contemporary poetry over-relies on self-reflexive irony, tonal detachment, and an often irritating allusive erudition. Designer Susan Benson imparts the allusive quality of a Japanese watercolour, and Michael Whitfield beautifully recreates changing natural light. Findlay is sympathetic to the self-referential and allusive nature of the play, Shakespeare's most mature comedy, and makes no attempt at realism. Phillips likes to write allusive portraits peppered with images he can wrap his warm, grainy voice around, like the slowly-rolling Far End of the Night or the feistier Calamity Jane. In opening with an anonymous voice, only later identified, we are immediately plunged into the allusive narrative style which characterises this novel. Mangold's curled figure proves a curiously allusive and vulnerable emblem as it unfurls across one, two or three panels, nearing but never quite touching the edges of the support. Above all, they are gestures by which the poet and the reader may together, through a sequence of allusive suggestions and corresponding recognitions, infuse the written text with breath. In some ways the poem is the closest thing he would write to the method and manner of Eliot, with its mysterious, fragmentary dialogue and allusive range. Both make allusive abstract forms that can suggest seedpods, cells or constellations, and both work in a generous scale with a sensitive touch. Approaching the texts in a suggestive and allusive manner, they draw on their own poetic experience to elucidate the texts. As well as Joyce there was TS Eliot, whose densely allusive poem The Waste Land prompted such perplexity that the poet felt prompted to provide his own notes. Chopin's Preludes return independence to the hands in order to display a new kind of allusive dialogue between them. Mr. Bellow's prose is energetic and torrential; his voice learned and allusive. But it's a perfect example of the strange and allusive poetry he brings to even the most conventional of subjects, such as his portrait of an archer, which seems to be both more and less than a portrait. Again and commonly, physical beauty enjoys a symbolic and allusive function in these Anglo-Saxon texts. As an essayist, he conveys similar purpose, putting across his thoughts in a lively, questioning, allusive and often self-deprecatory way. He is able to construct space through the juxtaposition of colors and to play with allusive reference. Trying too hard to be symbolic and trendily allusive, it collapses under the weight of its ambitions. Wizon's titles are evocative and allusive, and it is only via their suggestions that one can begin to read the touches of color in terms of imagery. Synonyms figurative, representative, illustrative, emblematic, allegorical, parabolic, non-literal, denotative, connotative, suggestive, mnemonic Derivatives allusively adverb əˈluːsɪvli While Grosvenor's dramatically cantilevered sculptures disturbed space in an almost physical manner, like a speeding boat's wake, his recent pieces activate space allusively and emotionally. Example sentencesExamples The story remains the same - wildly improbable and allusively rendered - but the music has inflated and deepened in a manner befitting the giant robots, imploding planets, and freaky cast of thousands it contains. Yet Moffatt makes the point allusively, in a whisper entirely in keeping with the tone of the work. Mann says it's a strange thing with the fulfilment of prophecies, they often confirm themselves allusively rather than literally. These rambles take the author, briefly and allusively, through a great many topics other than his primary concern with taste. allusiveness noun əˈluːsɪvnəs Another, less-remarked problem, is that the extraordinary allusiveness of his prose is the product of a kind of education which no longer exists. Example sentencesExamples There are kinds of subtlety and metaphorical allusiveness that are easier to achieve in comics than in novels. If you can stand the obliqueness, the allusiveness and the tension-inducing pace, you are in for an experience that is disturbing, revelatory and poetic. She uses non-realistic devices from fairy tale and a playful allusiveness to other texts in both dialogue and third-person narration. The allusiveness requires us to attend to the internal structure of the text, and at the same time asks us to step outside it, to other texts. Rhymes abusive, collusive, conclusive, conducive, delusive, diffusive, effusive, elusive, exclusive, illusive, inclusive, intrusive, obtrusive, preclusive, reclusive, seclusive Definition of allusive in US English: allusive adjective (of a remark or reference) working by suggestion rather than explicit mention. 暗指的，影射的，含典故的 allusive references to the body 对身体的委婉说法。 Example sentencesExamples As an essayist, he conveys similar purpose, putting across his thoughts in a lively, questioning, allusive and often self-deprecatory way. Phillips likes to write allusive portraits peppered with images he can wrap his warm, grainy voice around, like the slowly-rolling Far End of the Night or the feistier Calamity Jane. Chopin's Preludes return independence to the hands in order to display a new kind of allusive dialogue between them. Mr. Bellow's prose is energetic and torrential; his voice learned and allusive. It is a misfortune that the text of the history of Ammianus Marcellinus, which introduces this episode, is defective, and that only allusive back references survive. Designer Susan Benson imparts the allusive quality of a Japanese watercolour, and Michael Whitfield beautifully recreates changing natural light. Wizon's titles are evocative and allusive, and it is only via their suggestions that one can begin to read the touches of color in terms of imagery. As well as Joyce there was TS Eliot, whose densely allusive poem The Waste Land prompted such perplexity that the poet felt prompted to provide his own notes. Approaching the texts in a suggestive and allusive manner, they draw on their own poetic experience to elucidate the texts. Above all, they are gestures by which the poet and the reader may together, through a sequence of allusive suggestions and corresponding recognitions, infuse the written text with breath. Both make allusive abstract forms that can suggest seedpods, cells or constellations, and both work in a generous scale with a sensitive touch. But it's a perfect example of the strange and allusive poetry he brings to even the most conventional of subjects, such as his portrait of an archer, which seems to be both more and less than a portrait. Mangold's curled figure proves a curiously allusive and vulnerable emblem as it unfurls across one, two or three panels, nearing but never quite touching the edges of the support. In some ways the poem is the closest thing he would write to the method and manner of Eliot, with its mysterious, fragmentary dialogue and allusive range. Findlay is sympathetic to the self-referential and allusive nature of the play, Shakespeare's most mature comedy, and makes no attempt at realism. He is able to construct space through the juxtaposition of colors and to play with allusive reference. A fair portion of contemporary poetry over-relies on self-reflexive irony, tonal detachment, and an often irritating allusive erudition. Trying too hard to be symbolic and trendily allusive, it collapses under the weight of its ambitions. Again and commonly, physical beauty enjoys a symbolic and allusive function in these Anglo-Saxon texts. In opening with an anonymous voice, only later identified, we are immediately plunged into the allusive narrative style which characterises this novel. Synonyms figurative, representative, illustrative, emblematic, allegorical, parabolic, non-literal, denotative, connotative, suggestive, mnemonic
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