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–verb (used without object)

1. to refer casually or indirectly; make an allusion (usually fol. by to): He often alluded [to] his poverty. 

2. to contain a casual or indirect reference (usually fol. by to): The letter alludes [to] something now forgotten.  



—Synonyms 

hint, intimate, suggest.





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allude, elude, mention, refer (vv.)   

 

Allude and elude look different enough, but in speech they are very close to being homophones, varying only in their unstressed first syllables: allude (uh-LOOD) and elude (ee-LOOD or i-LOOD); 



allude means "to refer to indirectly," 

elude means "to evade or escape from." 



1. Allude is a synonym for mention and refer, but it is more indirect than they: 

The judge [alluded to] the prisoner’s alleged accomplices (共謀者,conspirator), but with [out mention]ing their names. 



2. Refer is very explicit: 

had he referred to them, the judge might well have read off their names. 



3. Mention is less explicit and perhaps less rhetorically (修辭學上) stressed: 

had the judge mentioned them, he might have tossed off their names hurriedly, in an aside or a parenthetical (作為附加說明的) remark. 



All four words are Standard. 



Conclusion: Refer > Mention > Allude





　When Jude takes inspiration from the bowl of strawberries, he creates a Jackson Pollock-styled "splatter" painting. This seemingly alludes to Stuart Sutcliffe, once a bassist with The Beatles, who was a painter in the Jackson Pollock style.





see oblique 



shun 

abstain from [smoking] [voting]

avert my [eyes] [gaze] [glance]



refer (advert to) > mention > allude