pun
noun/pʌn/
/pʌn/
- the clever or humorous use of a word that has more than one meaning, or of words that have different meanings but sound the same
双关语 - We're banking on them lending us the money—no pun intended!
我们正指望他们借给我们钱呢——bank 绝无双关之意！ - pun on something The song's title is a pun on ‘sweet’ and ‘suite’.
这首歌的标题是 sweet（甜蜜的）和 suite（套房）的双关语。
WordfinderTopics Languagec2- caricature
- comedy
- funny
- joke
- parody
- pun
- sketch
- slapstick
- spoof
- take-off
Word Originmid 17th cent.: perhaps an abbreviation of obsolete pundigrion, as a fanciful alteration of punctilio ‘a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure’. - We're banking on them lending us the money—no pun intended!