personification
UK/pə,sɒnɪfɪ'keɪʃ(ə)n/US/pә:.sɒnifi'keiʃәn/
GREB2
释义
n.
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
n.
A perfect embodiment of a quality.
化身,典型
词根拆分
词根派生personify 的名词:把某物变成人的动作或结果。作为文学术语,它指这种修辞手法本身(the poem uses personification)。
词根 person 还连着 15 个词常用搭配
- 1.use personification使用拟人手法
- 2.the personification of……的化身
例句
- 1.
'The angry sky' is an example of personification.
「愤怒的天空」就是拟人的一个例子。
- 2.
He is the personification of calm under pressure.
他是压力之下沉着冷静的化身。