personification
- IPA[pəˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃn]
英式
- the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form；a figure intended to represent an abstract quality
noun: personification, plural noun: personifications
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form the book provides a sustained account of how literary personification works
- 2. a figure intended to represent an abstract quality the knight is accompanied by two feminine personifications of vice
- ▪ a person or thing regarded as embodying a quality, concept, etc. he was the very personification of British pluck and diplomacy
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- IPA[pərˌsänəfəˈkāSH(ə)n]
美式
- the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the ...
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