| 单词 | punning |
| 释义 | punning (once / 15192 pages) n WORD FAMILY punning: punnings+/pun: punned, punning, puns, punster/punster: punsters USAGE EXAMPLESWilson found Nabokov’s proclivity for punning intolerable and told him so repeatedly. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) A woman in a clown costume walked silently up and down the aisles with a series of punning placards deriding Spencer. The Guardian(Dec 07, 2016) These layers further complicate the reading of the images while visually punning on painting. New York Times(Nov 10, 2016) n a humorous play on words his constant punning irritated her Syn|Hyper paronomasia, pun, wordplay fun, play, sport verbal wit or mockery (often at another's expense but not to be taken seriously) |
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