英语词汇personification的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	personification
词源	personification n. "figure of speech or artistic representation in which something inanimate or abstract takes the form of a person," 1755, noun of action from personify. Sense of "embodiment of a quality in a person" is attested from 1807. Entries linking to personification personify v. 1727 "to attribute personal form to inanimate objects or abstractions" (especially as an artistic or literary technique), from person + -fy or from French personnifier (17c.), from personne. Meaning "to represent, embody" attested from 1806. Related: Personified; personifying. updated on April 15, 2020
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personification n.