personification

柯林斯词典

personification /pɜːˌsɒnɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

• 1. N-SING If you say that someone is the personification of a particular thing or quality, you mean that they are a perfect example of that thing or that they have a lot of that quality. 典型; 化身

  Janis Joplin was the personification of the '60s female rock singer. 贾尼斯·乔普林是60年代女摇滚歌手的典型。

• 2. N-SING the representation of an abstract quality or idea in the form of a person, creature, etc, as in art and literature 象征

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