apologue

n. 寓言

发音

US /ˈæpəlɒɡ/

词形变化

apologues 复数 apologues

别名

apolog

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.

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  2. 2.

    The use of fable to persuade the audience.

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词汇关系

名词

词源

Borrowed from French apologue, from Latin apologus from Ancient Greek ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “story, tale, fable”) from ἀπό- (apó-, “off, away from”) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Equivalent to apo- + -logue.

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