英语词汇“pun”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pun1

/pʌn

noun

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings: the Railway Society reception was an informal party of people of all stations (excuse the pun) in life...

By all reports, the mountain men love mountain women almost as much as winning rugby league games (a cheap pun based on no facts).
The name Cindy sounds like a near pun to cinders, which speaks again to the idea of complete destruction for the birth of some new work.
We can deduce whether a consonant was sounded from the way puns work.

Synonyms

play on words, wordplay, double entendre, double meaning, innuendo, witticism, quip;

French bon mot, jeu de mots

rare paronomasia, equivoque, amphibology, pivot, calembour, carriwitchet, clench, clinch, conundrum, nick, pundigrion, whim, quibble

verb (puns, punning, punned) [no object] (often as adjective punning)

Make a pun: Freeth adopted the nickname Free in punning allusion to his beliefs the designer is punning on the street name...

First, it isn't Hobbes's view that the relation between states is characterised as involving a ‘clubbable’ social life, unless we're punning on ‘club’.
In his great novel Ulysses, James Joyce, punning on the old line ‘An Englishman's home is his castle’ reflects that ‘The Irishman's house is his coffin’.
Any theatre which presents a drama about poker lays itself open to critics punning madly about it ‘taking a gamble’ or ‘playing for high stakes’.

Derivatives

punningly

/ˈpʌnɪŋli/ adverb ...

Who else would write, let alone attempt to sing, a line such as ‘I hate verisimilitude’, or punningly entitle a song ‘Neil Jung’?
Actually it's punningly called Steps To The Stars because the show is presented to two members of teen sensation, Steps.
And Gertrude retaliates in kind when she punningly and pithily retorts: ‘We shall as soon get a fart from a dead man as a farthing of courtesy here.’

punster

/ˈpʌnstə

/ noun ...

But Norris also will be remembered as the ultimate pin punster and prankster.
For that, and for the delight of his surname which pleases headline writers and punsters everywhere, it is wonderful that Jim Butter - Fingers to his pals - will be with us for at least another season.
Larry, I just hope that all the punsters and pollsters and pundits are wrong, and it's not close.

Origin

Mid 17th century: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio.

Rhymes

pun2

/pʌn

verb (puns, punning, punned) [with object] British

Consolidate (earth or rubble) by pounding it.

Derivatives

punner

/ˈpʌnə/ noun

Origin

Mid 16th century: dialect variant of pound².

单词	pun
释义	pun1 /pʌn / noun A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings: the Railway Society reception was an informal party of people of all stations (excuse the pun) in life... By all reports, the mountain men love mountain women almost as much as winning rugby league games (a cheap pun based on no facts). The name Cindy sounds like a near pun to cinders, which speaks again to the idea of complete destruction for the birth of some new work. We can deduce whether a consonant was sounded from the way puns work. Synonyms play on words, wordplay, double entendre, double meaning, innuendo, witticism, quip; French bon mot, jeu de mots rare paronomasia, equivoque, amphibology, pivot, calembour, carriwitchet, clench, clinch, conundrum, nick, pundigrion, whim, quibble verb (puns, punning, punned) [no object] (often as adjective punning) Make a pun: Freeth adopted the nickname Free in punning allusion to his beliefs the designer is punning on the street name... First, it isn't Hobbes's view that the relation between states is characterised as involving a ‘clubbable’ social life, unless we're punning on ‘club’. In his great novel Ulysses, James Joyce, punning on the old line ‘An Englishman's home is his castle’ reflects that ‘The Irishman's house is his coffin’. Any theatre which presents a drama about poker lays itself open to critics punning madly about it ‘taking a gamble’ or ‘playing for high stakes’. Derivatives punningly /ˈpʌnɪŋli/ adverb ... Who else would write, let alone attempt to sing, a line such as ‘I hate verisimilitude’, or punningly entitle a song ‘Neil Jung’? Actually it's punningly called Steps To The Stars because the show is presented to two members of teen sensation, Steps. And Gertrude retaliates in kind when she punningly and pithily retorts: ‘We shall as soon get a fart from a dead man as a farthing of courtesy here.’ punster /ˈpʌnstə / noun ... But Norris also will be remembered as the ultimate pin punster and prankster. For that, and for the delight of his surname which pleases headline writers and punsters everywhere, it is wonderful that Jim Butter - Fingers to his pals - will be with us for at least another season. Larry, I just hope that all the punsters and pollsters and pundits are wrong, and it's not close. Origin Mid 17th century: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio. Rhymes begun, bun, done, Donne, dun, fine-spun, forerun, fun, gun, Gunn, hon, Hun, none, nun, one, one-to-one, outdone, outgun, outrun, plus-one, run, shun, son, spun, stun, sun, ton, tonne, tun, underdone, Verdun, won pun2 /pʌn / verb (puns, punning, punned) [with object] British Consolidate (earth or rubble) by pounding it. Derivatives punner /ˈpʌnə/ noun Origin Mid 16th century: dialect variant of pound².
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