pun

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n. 双关语, 俏皮话 vi. 说双关语, 说俏皮话 vt. 用双关语说服, 捣实

发音

US /pʌn/
UK /pʌn/
IE /pʊn/
其它 /pʊn/

词形变化

puns 复数 punned punning puns 三单 puns punning 现在分词 punned 过去式 punned 过去分词

别名

pund

教材释义与例句

动词

捣实敲打

动词

说双关语；说俏皮话

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.

    双关语

    俏皮话

    The pun is the lowest form of wit.

  2. 1.

    Alternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”).

  3. 1.

    A certain number of cowries, generally 80.

    印度 历史
v.
  1. 1.

    To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.

    不及物

    We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

wordplay paronomasia punning

上位词 3

play fun sport

下位词 1

paragram
动词

上位词 2

joke jest

相关短语

pun intended no pun intended visual pun Sai Ying Pun 西营盘

词源

From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *punōną (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of "beating" the words into place.

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