allure

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /əˈlʊə/|/əˈljʊə/|/əˈlɔː/    美 /əˈlʊɚ/|/əˈlɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction. countable,uncountable
  2. Gait; bearing. countable,dated,uncountable
    — Harper's Magazine The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.
  3. The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To entice; to attract. transitive
    — [They retained] their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake trueillers, whom gotten they did kill.

词形变化

allures plural allures present,singular,third-person alluring participle,present allured participle,past allured past allures plural alure alternative

词汇关系

反义词
bore disgust repel

词源

词源 1
From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). By surface analysis, al- + lure.
词源 2
From Middle English alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) + -ure.
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