allusion

暗指，影射，典故n.

• This last point was understood to be an allusion to the long-standing hostility between the two leaders.

  这最后一点曾被理解为对这两位领导人之间长久敌意的一种影射。

• His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings.

  他的声明被视为暗指最近与毒品有关的多起凶杀案。

• Her poetry is full of obscure literary allusion.

  她的诗随处可见晦涩的文学典故。