pun

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /pʌn/    美 /pʌn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A joke or type of wordplay in which similar definitions or sounds of two words or phrases, or different definitions of the same word, are deliberately confused.
    — The pun is the lowest form of wit.
  2. Alternative form of bun (“Korean unit of measure”). alt-of,alternative
  3. A certain number of cowries, generally 80. India,historical
    — Hackeries and carriages, loaded and empty, 8 annas. Sheep, goats, &c., 1 pun of cowries each.
动词 v.
  1. To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize. obsolete,transitive
    — He would pun thee into shivers with his fist.
  2. To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words. intransitive
    — We punned about the topic until all around us groaned.

词形变化

puns present,singular,third-person punning participle,present punned participle,past punned past puns plural puns plural pun plural puns plural pund alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *punōną (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of "beating" the words into place.
词源 2
From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (“fen”).
词源 3
From Hindi [Term?].
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