personification

UK/pə,sɒnɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n/US/pә:.sɒnifi'keiʃәn/

GREB2

Definitions

The act of representing an abstract idea as a person; a literary device giving human traits to non-human things.

拟人法；拟人化

A perfect embodiment of a quality.

化身，典型

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

personperson, mask

-ificmaking, producing

-ationact, process, state

=personification

The noun of personify: the act or result of making something into a person. As a literary term it names the device itself ('the poem uses personification').

Root person still carries 15 more words

Common Collocations

1.use personification使用拟人手法
2.the personification of……的化身

Example Sentences

1.
'The angry sky' is an example of personification.
2.
He is the personification of calm under pressure.

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