高中英语常用词组 play on words


释义：

play on words 诙谐双关语；说俏皮话

例句：

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。



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。



It's mirage, but its also a play on words of the "a rose by any other name..." variety.

朱生豪先生译为：“姓名本来是没有意义的；我们叫做玫瑰的这一种花，要是换了个名字，他的香味还是同样的芬芳。”如出一辙的演出。



Pun, a commonly-used rhetorical devicc, a play on words, differs from riddle.

双关不同于谜语，前者是一种修辞方式，一种文字游戏；



It is not only a play on words but also an effective rhetorical method which is widely used.

它不仅仅是一种文字游戏，还是一种有效的修辞方式，广泛地运用于各种文体中。



As you've probably already guessed, the name "Take In" is a clever play on words, as in take-out eaten in a restaurant.

你很可能已经猜到了，“内送”这个餐厅名字是一个诙谐双关语，它的反义词就是“外送”。



And God rested, chuckling at His own little play on words.

神安息了，对于刚才自己的一语双关，他吃吃地笑了。