allegory
/ˈælɪgərɪ/noun
(pl.-ies)
1- a story, poem, or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one（尤指道德或政治说教的）寓言; 讽喻诗; 讽喻画：
Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory of the spiritual journey.
《天路历程》是一个讲述精神历程的寓言。
1.1
- mass noun the genre to which such works belong讽喻派：
he had given up realism for allegory.
他为讽喻而放弃了现实主义。
1.2
- a symbol象征。
派生词
allegorist
noun词源
late Middle English: from Old French allegorie, via Latin from Greek allēgoria, from allos 'other' + -agoria 'speaking'.