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punpQnn [C]an amusing use of a word or phrase which has several meanings or which sounds like another word双关语Pat's always telling bad jokes and making dreadful puns.帕特总是讲下流笑话，说些讨厌的双关语。This is a well-known joke based on a pun: "What's black and white and red (= read) all over?" "A newspaper."这是个有名的一语双关的笑话: “什么东西上下有黑有白又能读（音同红）?”“报纸。”I love fish. The sole exception -- no pun intended/excuse the pun -- is mackerel.“我爱吃鱼。唯一（音同箬鳎鱼）的例外----我没想说双关语/抱歉我说了句双关语----是鲐鱼。”"When I am dead, I hope it may be said: His sins were scarlet, but his books were read." (a pun by Hilaire Belloc in On His Books, 1923)“当我死去时，我希望人们这样说: 他这人罪行累累，但他的书不乏读者。”（贝洛克在《关于他的书》一书中的一句双关语）
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