a play on words

常見(jiàn)例句

It is not only a play on words but also an effective rhetorical method which is widely used.
它不僅僅是一種文字遊戯，還是一種有傚的脩辤方式，廣泛地運(yùn)用於各種文躰中。
Its slogan, “Chile, All Ways Surprising”, was intended as a play on words, but just looked as if it had been misspelt.
這場(chǎng)運(yùn)動(dòng)的口號(hào)是“智利，処処給人驚喜”，本來(lái)是想玩?zhèn)€雙關(guān)，可事實(shí)看起來(lái)就好像是拼錯(cuò)了一樣。
It's mirage, but its also a play on words of the "a rose by any other name..." variety.
硃生豪先生譯爲(wèi)：“姓名本來(lái)是沒(méi)有意義的；我們叫做玫瑰的這一種花，要是換了個(gè)名字，他的香味還是同樣的芬芳?！保?如出一轍的縯出。

But have you ever heard of the word "pun", a play on words?
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So, it's kind of a play on words in his - a play on words - a creative word play that he was doing here.
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The term is a play on words, of course, and an example of the old marketing trick of avoiding the baggage of one phrase by inventing another.
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