play on words

play on words

美 　英

• na.说俏皮话；说模棱两可的话；说双关语
• 网络文字游戏；玩文字游戏；玩弄文字游戏

英汉解释

na.	1. 说俏皮话;说模棱两可的话 2. 说双关语,说俏皮话

例句

Its slogan, "Chile, All Ways Surprising" , was intended as a play on words, but just looked as if it had been misspelt.

这场运动的口号是“智利，处处给人惊喜”，本来是想玩个双关，可事实看起来就好像是拼错了一样。

I want merely to single out at this point the word "birth" and to play on words: it was the fact of living that assured his innocence.

这里，我仅仅想挑出“出生”一词，并借题发挥一下：正是活着这一事实证明了他的无辜。

He was well regarded by critics and the public alike for his inventive titles, his unlikely rhymes, and his ridiculous play on words.

他本人，就如同其诗歌的创造性的标题、不同寻常的押韵、荒谬的措辞一样，备受评论家和公众的推崇。

Which Park: It's a play on words. I'll tell you next time I see you. It's actually pretty boring.

是一个文字游戏。下次去了见面告诉你。其实还挺无聊的。

The pun , or the play on words, is a basic part of American humor.

双关语，或称作玩弄文字游戏，是美式幽默中一个基本的部分。

This book will help you learn how to make a play on words.

这本书将会帮助你学习如何巧妙地运用词语。

Like punning , programming is a play on words .

如同双关语，编程也是一种文字游戏。

Politicians often play on words in speeches.

政客常常在演讲时玩弄辞藻。

So Fourth became Forth, a nicer play on words anyway.

所以Fourth就变成Forth了反正是个不错的文字游戏。

Comedies also play on words to create fun.

喜剧也利用双关语制造笑料。

Don't play on words, I can't catch the meaning.

你不要玩文字游戏，我不懂。

Or play on words, or. . .

或者是文字游戏，或者……我看看。

She said it as a play on words, But he did not understand her meaning

她说双关语，但他不能了解她的意思。

There are thousands of jokes in English which have a "play on words" .

在英语里有数以千计的“双关语”的笑话。

Some of the pieces in the 'minimiam' collection are a comical play on words

一些“微型”的作品，说起来像是一场戏剧表演