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单词 pun
释义
pun
noun[C]
uk
/pʌn/us
/pʌn/
ahumoroususe of a word or phrase that has severalmeaningsor thatsoundslike another word:
双关语，语义双关的俏皮话
Shemadeacoupleofdreadfulpuns.她说出了几个令人不快的双关语。
This is a well-knownjokebasedon a pun: "What'sblackandwhiteandred(=read)all over?" "Anewspaper."这是一个有名的一语双关的俏皮话，“什么东西通篇有黑有白又有红（英文中‘红’音同‘读’）？”“报纸。”
Synonym
playon words
Compare
wordplay
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humour & humorous
  • amusingly
  • barrel
  • blackly
  • bone dryidiom
  • bring
  • broadness
  • facetious
  • hilarious
  • jocular
  • joker
  • jokester
  • non-serious
  • photobomb
  • photobombing
  • playfully
  • playfulness
  • rib-tickling
  • ridiculous
  • uproarious
  • wag
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pun
verb[I]
uk
/pʌn/us
/pʌn/
-nn-
to make a pun
说双关语
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humour & humorous
  • amusingly
  • barrel
  • blackly
  • bone dryidiom
  • bring
  • broadness
  • facetious
  • hilarious
  • jocular
  • joker
  • jokester
  • non-serious
  • photobomb
  • photobombing
  • playfully
  • playfulness
  • rib-tickling
  • ridiculous
  • uproarious
  • wag
See more results »
(Definition ofpunfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

pun| American Dictionary

pun
noun[C]
us
/pʌn/
anamusinguse of a word or phrase that has severalmeaningsor thatsoundslike another word:
Peoplegroanat a pun if it’s toldcorrectly.

pun

verb[I]us
/pʌn/-nn-
Shekeptpunningon "whole" and "hole."
(Definition ofpunfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpun

pun
This dialogue of forms, meanings, intentions, and punning echoes of previous use constructs an interplay between constraint and creativity.
From theCambridge English Corpus
His challenges are problematic and inconsistent and his objections are, please pardon thepun, unimaginative.
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On the other hand (as thepundrags on), however, the patient does not experience these actions as consciously willed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
She notes the possibility that the footwear evidence might be explicable solely (pardon mypun) in terms of males.
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Note thepunon 'rayonnement', which means 'influence' as well as 'radiance'.
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Often, the names were witty puns on the originals.
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It is however in the realm of informal discourse that all types of ludic word-forming - from malapropisms to homonymic puns - thrive most richly.
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This is a vicious circle (pardon thepun).
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Too clever by half - and yet punning is simply putting things together in a witty and unexpected way.
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This is an elaborate and extensivepunon the hexachord in which the syllables are gradually assembled, line by line.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Though the punning element is usually at the end of the phrase, instances are not uncommon where thepunis formed on the first element.
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One of the more admirable things about this collection of papers is how the authors resist the almost overwhelming temptation to employ food-related, lip-smacking puns.
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Rather than what sometimes seems like a list of numbers interspersed by puns, one would like to see their undoubted analytical powers deployed more vigorously.
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Political puns and jokes were heard there until 1984/1985.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This riddle is solved by the realisation that each line contains apun.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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