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double entendre

/duhb-uhl ahn-tahn-druh, -tahnd; French doo-blahn-tahn-druh/US // ˈdʌb əl ɑnˈtɑn drə, -ˈtɑnd; French du blɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ drə //UK // (ˈdʌbəl ɑːnˈtɑːndrə, -ˈtɑːnd, French dubl ɑ̃tɑ̃drə) //

一语中的,一语双关,一语道破天机,双关语

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural dou·ble en·ten·dres [duhb-uhl ahn-tahn-druhz, -tahndz; French doo-blahn-tahn-druh]. /ˈdʌb əl ɑnˈtɑn drəz, -ˈtɑndz; French du blɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ drə/.

    • : a double meaning.
    • : a word or expression used in a given context so that it can be understood in two ways, especially when one meaning is risqué.

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Examples

  • And Ollie says, ‘Oh, I see, well, let me have two double vodka martinis.’

  • A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.

  • But the entendre and innuendo permeates the rest of the series—often innocently, but sometimes far more blatantly.

  • He went on to say that even such double horrors had never kept cops from continuing on.

  • Faced with the loss of middle class voters, the administration seems determined to double down on its current coalition.

  • Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.

  • In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.

  • All things are double, one against another, and he hath made nothing defective.

  • The way was under a double row of tall trees, which met at the top and formed a green arch over our heads.

  • The wretched young man persistently exercises his right of crying "Banco," and so practically going double or quits each time.