(尤指在言语或写作中)含蓄地暗示、引典的;通过间接提及某人、某事或某作品来表达意思。(也可泛指“暗指性的”。)
/əˈluːsɪv/
Her allusive comments made everyone wonder what she really meant.
她那种含蓄暗示的评论让大家都在猜她真正想表达什么。
The novel is richly allusive, weaving references to myth, history, and earlier literature into its modern story.
这部小说充满引典与暗示,将神话、历史以及早期文学的影射编织进现代叙事之中。
allusive 来自 allude(暗指、提到),源于拉丁语 alludere,意为“借用、暗示、玩文字游戏”(ad- “向、朝” + ludere “玩耍”)。因此 allusive 常用来形容文字或说法“点到为止”,通过暗示让读者/听者自行联想。