Pun

(noun.) a humorous play on words; 'I do it for the pun of it'; 'his constant punning irritated her'.

(verb.) make a play on words; 'Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning'.

戈登编辑

• Now do not be suspecting me of a pun, I entreat. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Wery glad to see you, indeed, and hope our acquaintance may be a long 'un, as the gen'l'm'n said to the fi' pun' note. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I'd give a fifty-pun' note to be such a figure of a man! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Next our peaceful Tupman comes, So rosy, plump, and sweet, Who chokes with laughter at the puns, And tumbles off his seat. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Robert Grace, a young gentleman of some fortune, generous, lively, and witty; a lover of punning and of his friends. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

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