paronomasia
英 [,pærənə'meɪzɪə]
美[,pærəno'meʒə]
- n. 文字游戏；双关语
英英释义
- 1. a humorous play on words;
- "I do it for the pun of it"
- "his constant punning irritated her"
英文词源
- paronomasia (n.)
- "pun," 1570s, from Latin, from Greek paronomasia "play upon words which sound similarly," from paronomazein "to alter slightly, to call with slight change of name," literally "to name beside," from par- (see para- (1)) + onomasia "naming," from onoma "name" (see name (n.)).
词态变化
复数: paronomasias;