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Pun Joke Attested Pʌn N.双关语 考 Termite Insect(双关语是一种玩笑语

单词 pun
音标 [pʌn]
解释 n.双关语
红宝书 【考】 pun : joke / termite : insect(双关语是一种玩笑语 /白蚁是一种昆虫)
字源 pun (n.)
1660s (first attested in Dryden), of uncertain origin, perhaps from pundigron, which is perhaps a humorous alteration of Italian puntiglio "equivocation, trivial objection," diminutive of Latin punctum "point." This is pure speculation. The verb also is attested from 1660s. Related: Punned; punning.
Pun was prob. one of the clipped words, such as cit, mob, nob, snob, which came into fashionable slang at or after the Restoration. [OED]
不择手段背单词 n. 双关语(利用同一个词的不同意思或利用不同词的相近意思或发音)
【记】Seven days without water make one weak/week 可以有两种理解. 七天没有水使人虚弱; 七天没有水也成一星期
【类】pun: joke = termite: insect = supernova: star双关语是一种玩笑语 = 白蚁是一种昆虫 = 超新星是一种恒星
趣味全助记 【记】发音像是关门声,门与门框这一双关门,叫双关

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