- allusion
[allusion 词源字典]
- allusion: see illusion
[allusion etymology, allusion origin, 英语词源] - allusion (n.)
- 1540s, from Latin allusionem (nominative allusio) "a playing with, a reference to," noun of action from past participle stem of alludere (see allude). An allusion is never an outright or explicit mention of the person or thing the speaker seems to have in mind.