puns

英 [pʌnz]

美 [pʌnz]

n.  双关语
v.  使用双关语
pun的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 双关诙谐语；双关语
  Apunis a clever and amusing use of a word or phrase with two meanings, or of words with the same sound but different meanings. For example, if someone says 'The peasants are revolting', this is a pun because it can be interpreted as meaning either that the peasants are fighting against authority, or that they are disgusting.
• VERB 谐用双关语
  If youpun, you try to amuse people by making a pun.
  1. He is constantly punning, constantly playing with language.
     他一直在用双关语，一直玩文字游戏。

双语例句

• From online discussions to adverts, Chinese culture is full of puns.
  从网上讨论到电视广告，中国文化充满双关语和俏皮话。
• He sometimes slips into rather dreadful puns and hackneyed language.
  他有时会失口说出很刺耳的双关语和极陈腐的话来。
• And we're getting puns left, right and center-take a peek while you leak.
  我们在厕所左边、右边和中间的墙上都挂上了带有双关意味的画&在你方便时可以瞄几眼。
• These word games we call puns.
  这些文字游戏被我们称为双关语。
• Puns are used to create humor and sometimes require a large vocabulary to understand.
  双关语用于达到幽默的效果，有时候需要有比较大的词汇量才能理解。
• The use of puns, can move the heart, arouse people's desire to buy.
  双关语的运用，能打动人心，激发人们的购买欲望。
• He loved to play with words, to jingle them, to make puns with them.
  他喜欢作文字游戏，玩弄声韵和双关语。
• Homophonic hypertexts are of a function of puns and rhetorically featured with humor, novelty and brevity.
  谐音超文具有双关底文的功能，充满幽默、新异和简洁的修辞特点。
• The puns are coming at a fever pitch.
  双关语已经到了一种狂热的程度。
• On Puns in Advertisement from the Perspective of Mental Models-Based Pragmatic Reasoning
  从基于心理模型的语用推理看广告中的双关