wordplay
US /ˈwɜ:rdpleɪ/
・UK /ˈwɜ:dpleɪ/
A1 初級
n.名詞機智地利用單詞的含義和歧義，特別是在雙關語中
so many of the jokes are based on wordplay
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【看影集學英文】說到「萬聖節」，誰能比得過《摩登家庭》中的鄧菲夫婦？！ (Modern Family | No One Loves Halloween More Than The Dunphys)
- Oh, don't you dare do wordplay, Phil.
哦，你可別玩文字遊戲，菲爾。
- Oh, don't you dare do wordplay, Phil.
我玩得很開心。
跟寶可夢一起學英文！Pokémon 英文教學 (Learn ENGLISH with Pokémon)
- Professor Oak uses a lot of wordplay.
好了。
- Professor Oak uses a lot of wordplay.
Professor Oak 運用了很多雙關語。
聽得懂這笑話？恭喜你英文出師了！（If you laugh, you're fluent.）
- All of the jokes today rely on wordplay—which we use heavily in Britain.
今天的笑話全部依賴於雙關語，這是在英國被廣泛使用的技巧。
- All of the jokes today rely on wordplay, which we use heavily in Britain.
今天的笑話全部依賴於雙關語，這是在英國被廣泛使用的技巧。
丹麥超高長椅！挑戰你的視角！ (Denmark's exceedingly tall benches)
- Is there some wordplay here?
是這樣沒錯。
- Is there some wordplay here and by.
這裡有什麼文字遊戲嗎？
Polly：Nirvana 最黑暗的一首歌！ (Polly: Nirvana's Darkest Song)
- While it may be wrong to look for hidden meanings and things like that, his journals reveal a fascination with language and wordplay.
雖然尋找隱藏的意義之類的可能不太對，但他的日記顯示他對語言和文字遊戲很著迷。
- While it may be wrong to look for hidden meanings and things like that, his journals reveal a fascination with language and wordplay.
然後是驅動這個男人行為的野蠻最終想法。
詹姆斯馬丁神父分享「最終你必須做真實的自己」- 這些工作幫助他成長！ ("Eventually You Have To Be Your True Self" - Father James Martin On The Jobs That Helped Him Grow Up)
- And so in other words, it's a little like wordplay.
換句話說，這有點像文字遊戲。
- And so, in other words, it's a little like wordplay.
而且聖經學者告訴我們，當時的寓言會讓人哈哈大笑。
繼承之戰：直說你想說的！ (Succession: Say What You Mean)
- And while there is plenty of majestically profane wordplay to celebrate, watching the show all in one sitting like that, I couldn't help but recognize some deeper themes, also to do with language and speech, that kept popping up again and again.
開始。
- And while there is plenty of majestically profane wordplay to celebrate watching the show all in one sitting like that, I couldn't help but recognize some deeper themes also to do with language and speech.
雖然有很多很棒的髒話可以慶祝一次看完這部劇，但我忍不住也發現了一些關於語言和說話更深層的主題。
約翰藍儂是如何寫出「生命的一天」這首歌的！ (How John Lennon Wrote "A Day In The Life")
- For example, the great Lewis Carroll, who, who deeply influenced John, accomplished that with the use of wordplay and parody by inventing new words and disrupting language's normal patterns.
舉個例子，偉大的 Lewis Carroll，他深深影響了 John，透過文字遊戲和模仿，發明新詞並打破語言的常規模式，就做到了這一點。
- For example, the great Lewis Carroll, who deeply influenced John, accomplished that with the use of wordplay and parody, by inventing new words and disrupting language's normal patterns.
John 在他的文學荒誕作品和歌曲中，像是 I Am the Walrus、Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds 和 Come Together，也跟隨了 Carroll 的腳步。