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Definition Allusion refers to some person or event, either historical or fictional, that has dramatic and vivid connotation and is often used in speech and writing. It might include literary quotations, idioms, proverbs, maxims, colloquialisms(俗语), etc. In the form of words 1.Shylock:a cruel, greedy, money-grabbing person, one who will go to no ends to acquire wealth; from The Merchant of Venice, by Shakespeare. 夏洛克:莎士比亚的作品,冷酷无情的高利贷者 2.an Uncle Tom: a meek person, especially a black, who submits to indignities and sufferings without any thought or act of rebelling; from Uncle