| 单词 | payoff line | 
| 释义 | > as lemmaspayoff line   payoff line  n. the punchline or dénouement of a joke, story, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > 			[noun]		 > jest or pleasantry > a jest or joke > punchline tag line1926 boffo1934 payoff line1934 zinger1970 1934    J. O'Hara Appointment in Samarra 		(1935)	 i. 16  				And they always knew when to laugh, even when it was a Catholic joke, because Reilly signalled the pay-off line by slapping his leg just before it was delivered. 1944    W. H. Auden For Time Being 		(1945)	 80  				The pay-off lines of limericks in which The weak resentful bar-fly shows his sting. 1995    Empire Nov. 128/3  				This straight-to-video schlocker stars Stella Stevens as a zombie gran dispatching her unpleasant progeny while cackling ever feebler pay-off lines. < as lemmas  | 
	
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