单词 | pun |
释义 | noun | verb punpun1 /pʌn/ ●●○ noun [countable] eng. lang. arts an amusing use of a word or phrase that has two meanings, or of words with the same sound but different meanings. For example, “People are dying to get into that cemetery” can mean that they really want to be buried there, or they are actually dying in order to be buried there: He was always making bad puns. Walters is a large man who carries considerable weight in the Assembly, no pun intended (=used to tell someone that you did not mean to make a pun).pardon/excuse/forgive the pun (=used to say you are making a pun)► see thesaurus at joke1 noun | verb punpun2 verb (punned, punning) [intransitive] to make a pun |
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