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/wurd-pley/US // ˈwɜrdˌpleɪ //UK // (ˈwɜːdˌpleɪ) //

文字游戏,词语游戏,词汇游戏,词语组合

Related Words

rejoinder回应,回话,复辩,复述sarcasm冷嘲热讽,冷笑话,讽刺,讽刺的是banter谑而不虐,戏谑,谐谑,逗趣retort反驳,抗辩,还口,反驳说pleasantry恳求,讨好,恳请,愉悦fun乐趣,有趣的,娱乐,趣味joke笑话,大笑话,大笑,闹笑话satire讽刺,讽刺文学,讽刺诗,讽刺意味badinage坏消息,坏事,坏事儿,坏事做尽humor幽默,幽默感,幽默风趣,幽默的quip打趣说,打趣地说,调侃,打趣话irony反语,反话,反语法,讽刺comeback回归,复出,卷土重来,回头是岸riposte反驳,反驳说,翻版,翻案answer答案,答案是,答案是什么wit智慧,诙谐,聪明人,聪明的人reply回复,回答,答复,答问witticism俏皮话,妙语连珠,妙语如珠,幽默感raillery炮制,炮弹,炮击,炮火sally莎莉,莎莉娅,莎士比亚,莎丽

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : clever or subtle repartee; verbal wit.
    • : a play on words; pun.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inrepartee
Synonyms
banter谑而不虐,戏谑,谐谑,逗趣pleasantry恳求,讨好,恳请,愉悦rejoinder回应,回话,复辩,复述retort反驳,抗辩,还口,反驳说sarcasm冷嘲热讽,冷笑话,讽刺,讽刺的是answer答案,答案是,答案是什么badinage坏消息,坏事,坏事儿,坏事做尽comeback回归,复出,卷土重来,回头是岸humor幽默,幽默感,幽默风趣,幽默的irony反语,反话,反语法,讽刺persiflage渗透性,渗透,渗透率,渗透力quip打趣说,打趣地说,调侃,打趣话raillery炮制,炮弹,炮击,炮火reply回复,回答,答复,答问response回应,回覆,回响,回音riposte反驳,反驳说,翻版,翻案sally莎莉,莎莉娅,莎士比亚,莎丽satire讽刺,讽刺文学,讽刺诗,讽刺意味wit智慧,诙谐,聪明人,聪明的人witticism俏皮话,妙语连珠,妙语如珠,幽默感wittiness幽默感,诙谐,聪明才智,智慧bon mot好主意,好消息,好话,好话说尽
as inwit
Synonyms
fun乐趣,有趣的,娱乐,趣味joke笑话,大笑话,大笑,闹笑话satire讽刺,讽刺文学,讽刺诗,讽刺意味aphorism警句,谚语,格言,警句式badinage坏消息,坏事,坏事儿,坏事做尽banter谑而不虐,戏谑,谐谑,逗趣burlesque滑稽戏,滑稽剧,滑稽表演,歌舞剧drollery胡说八道,幽默感,滑稽可笑,幽默facetiousness面性,面子问题,面子工程,面子gag插科打诨,噱头,诨名,诨号jest趣事,趣话,趣闻,趣谈jocularity戏谑性,笑话,戏谑,戏言lark百灵鸟,云雀,云雀座,雀跃levity轻视,轻率,轻视性,轻率性pleasantry恳求,讨好,恳请,愉悦prank恶作剧,恶搞pun双关语,双关,惩罚,惩罚性quip打趣说,打趣地说,调侃,打趣话raillery炮制,炮弹,炮击,炮火repartee对答如流,反驳,对答,对话sally莎莉,莎莉娅,莎士比亚,莎丽trick诀窍,窍门,骗局,诡计whimsicality异想天开,奇思妙想,异彩纷呈,异国情调wisecrack俏皮话,妙语连珠,幽默感wittiness幽默感,诙谐,聪明才智,智慧bon mot好主意,好消息,好话,好话说尽practical joke恶作剧,悪意的玩笑,恶作剧的笑话,实践性的玩笑
as inplay on words
Synonyms
bon mot好主意,好消息,好话,好话说尽double entendre一语中的,一语双关,一语道破天机,双关语double meaning双重含义,双重意义,双重意思,双重的意义equivocalness含糊其辞,含糊不清,模棱两可,暧昧性jeu de mots文字游戏,语言游戏,词语游戏,词语的游戏pun双关语,双关,惩罚,惩罚性
as inacrostic
Synonyms
acronym缩略语,首字母缩写词,简称,首字母缩写cipher密码,破译,破解composition构成,组成,成分,成份phrase短语,短句,词组,句子

Examples

  • It seemed ripe for the Invite, since it incorporated both wordplay and pet-peeve humor and, likely, political humor as well.

  • The idea is to increase the chance that your oh-so-clever wordplay won’t be the same one that 14 other people sent in — a chronic problem with our crossword contests.

  • The Style Invitational is renowned for all sorts of clever, irreverent humor and wordplay in its almost quarter-century of varied contests.

  • Hip-hop, with its emphasis on flamboyant wordplay, should be a natural fit for the lyrics-heavy sound of musical theater.

  • With some cute wordplay, the heroes of “Anthem” are called Freelancers, or Lancers, and wear armor called Javelins.

  • Waldman overlays her comic situations and satiric conversations with ironic literary allusions and witty wordplay.

  • The advice is littered with such headache-inducing wordplay.

  • Doubtless stocks new WordPlay Shakespeare program aimed at getting students engaged in Bard via youthful fondness for high tech.

  • He created a special puzzle for Oprah Winfrey when he appeared on the show to promote the Wordplay documentary about crosswords.

  • Once again, wordplay and ethnicity wounded an office-seeking Virginia Republican.

  • Abbott and he sometimes swerved into wordplay about love; but up to 1820, or thereabouts, the passion was potential merely.

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