Pun
[pʌn]
解释:
(noun.) a humorous play on words; 'I do it for the pun of it'; 'his constant punning irritated her'.
(verb.) make a play on words; 'Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning'.
戈登编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To pound.
(n.) A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.
(v. i.) To make puns, or a pun; to use a word in a double sense, especially when the contrast of ideas is ludicrous; to play upon words; to quibble.
(v. t.) To persuade or affect by a pun.
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同义词及近义词:
n. Quibble, clinch, calembour, play upon words.
v. n. Quibble, play upon words, make a pun.
埃米尔编辑
解释:
v.t. (Shak.) to pound.
v.i. to play upon words similar in sound but different in meaning so as to produce a ludicrous idea:—pr.p. pun′ning; pa.t. and pa.p. punned.—n. a play upon words.—ns. Pun′nage Pun′ning the act or habit of punning.
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例句:
- Now do not be suspecting me of a pun, I entreat. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- Wery glad to see you, indeed, and hope our acquaintance may be a long 'un, as the gen'l'm'n said to the fi' pun' note. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- I'd give a fifty-pun' note to be such a figure of a man! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Next our peaceful Tupman comes, So rosy, plump, and sweet, Who chokes with laughter at the puns, And tumbles off his seat. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
- Robert Grace, a young gentleman of some fortune, generous, lively, and witty; a lover of punning and of his friends. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
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