pun
pun 英 [pʌn] 美 [pʌn]
vi. 说双关语；说俏皮话 n. 双关语；俏皮话 vt. 捣实敲打
进行时:punning 过去式:punned 过去分词:punned 第三人称单数:puns 名词复数:puns
- A pun is a play on words. If a bird flying overhead takes a poop on the cake you’re carrying, you could say “Isn’t that just the icing on the cake!” But only if you want to be punny.
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- vi. 说双关语；说俏皮话
- n. 双关语；俏皮话
- vt. 捣实敲打
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1. So presumably this, too, is a pun.
因此据我揣测这也是一个双关语。
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2. I could be cynical and say he probably did it hoping to make a killing -- pardon the pun -- but for the sake of the higher argument I'll play along.
我也许可以玩世不恭的说他这么做是希望开发出一个在市场上“必杀”的游戏——请原谅我的双关语——但为了更高层的论题，我权且同意他的话。
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3. But the cartoonist is making a pun here, as bush league is also "Bush league", second-rate because it comes from people with minds like that of President George W. Bush.
但是漫画家在此用的是双关语，因为灌木球联就是“布什球联”——一个二流的球联，因为它的人员组成都是头脑像布什总统那样的人。
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