英语语义双关的例子

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篇一:有趣的英语双关语


Puns



Puns




例句:




Sunday they pray for you and on Monday prey on you.



星期天他们为你祈祷,星期一他们却向你榨取。




days without water makes one weak (week).



七天不喝水,虚的拉不动腿。





Homonyms ['h?m?nims]



:




Why is an empty purse always the same?



Because there is never any change in it.



钱包为什么老是瘪的?




因为它里面从来就没有零钱。




Polysemy [,p?li'si:mi, p?'lis?mi, 'p?lisi:mi]



We eat what we can and what we can


’


t we can.



我们能吃的就吃,不能吃的就做成罐头。





Asteismus



岐解双关(


asteismus)


即后者在回答前者的话时有意(无意)地曲解原意,造成不同理解,

进而形成岐解双关。




1.A professor tapped on his desk and shouted:


“


Gentlemen ,order!


”




The entire class yelled


“


Beer!


”



< /p>


一位教授敲着桌子喊道:


“先生们,安静!


”




全班同学异口同声地喊“啤酒”


。





双关语的语义范围




双关语为世界各国人民所喜爱和使用。在汉语中,双关语的例证比比皆是。




双关语既可用于故事、笑话、谜语、儿歌等,又可以用于正式 场合,表达严肃的思想和深


邃的感情。




(一)广告




Give your hair a touch of Spring.



给你的头发洒满春色


,


让你的头发富有弹性。




(二)笑话




What


’


s the difference between a soldier and a young girl?



One powders the face ,the other faces the powder.



一个士兵和一个年轻姑娘的区别是什么?




一个往脸上抹粉,一个面对火药。





(三)谜语




is black and white and red all over.



这则谜语的谜底是


newspaper .black


和


white


是表示颜色,而谜语中的


red


(r ead)


则是


read


的过去分词,与 红颜色(


red)


发音相同。巧妙的同音而不同义,构成了谜语 。




weather does mice most dislike?



--When it is raining cats and dogs.




"Cats and dogs"


是倾盆大雨的意思





Exercises



1. Then there was a man in the restaurant.



“


You


’


re not eating your fish,


”



the waitresssaid to him



“


Any thing wrong with it?


”




“


Long time no sea. (see)


”



the man replied.



这时,饭馆里坐着一位男士。




女招待对他说:


“怎么啦?为什么不来一份鱼?”

< br>



“鱼不新鲜,


”那个人说道。





3.A little boy came up to his mother.


“


Ma,


”



he said,


“


I have some to tell you. My teacher


kissed me.


”




“


Well,


were


you


a


good


boy


and


did


you


kiss


her


back?


”



“


Of


course


not!


”



he


denied


indignantly,


“


I kissed her face.


”




小男孩来到身边,说:


“妈,跟你说 件事,老师吻了我。


”




“那好啊,乖孩子,你也吻她了吗?”




“当然没有!


”他气气冲冲地否认道 ,


“我吻她脸了。


”



篇二:


pun


英语双关语集锦




PUN



所谓


pun


,通常是指利用一个单词的两个含义,或者利用两个 特定的单词,达到“一语双


关”的目的。




双关语(


pun

)


是英语中一种常见的修辞手法。该修辞格巧妙利用词的谐音、词的多义或歧


义等,


使同一句话可同时表达不同意义,


以造 成语言生动活泼、


幽默诙谐或嘲弄讥讽的修辞


效果,

< p>
使人读来忍俊不禁、


英语中双关语的构成通常需要两个基本条件,


即双重情境


(


double

< br>context


)和多义词或同音异义词。其构成方式主要有以下四种:




1


)同音异义双关(谐音双关)




指在一个语境中巧妙运用两个或多个词语的同音或谐音达到讽 刺或具诙谐意味的效果。




eg1. Seven days without water makes one weak.



七天不进水,人就会虚弱。




weak


和


week


是同音异义词。


因此这句话听起来可以理解为:


Seven days without water makes


one week.



eg2. You earn your living and you urn your dead.



生前劳碌奔命,死后化灰入土。




earn


与


urn(


火化


)


同音异义,用在一起显 得俏皮,别有趣味。




2


)同词异义双关(多义词双关)




指在同一语境中运用一个词语的两种意思巧妙地达到幽默风趣 的效果,使读之别有韵味。




eg1. A: What's the longest sentence in the world?



世上最长的句子是什么?




B: Prison for life.


无期徒刑。




sentence


既有“句子”的意思,也有“刑期”的含义。




eg2. Women have a wonderful sense of right and wrong, but little sense of right and left.



女性


对善恶感觉惊人,而对左右感觉麻木。




该句借用同词异义双关讽刺女性方向感差,开车左右不分。




must all hang together, or we shall all hang se-parately.


我们必须团结一致 ,否则将一


一被绞死。



< p>
本句运用多义双关,深刻而幽默地说明了不团结便灭亡的道理。短语动词


h ang together


作


“团结一致”解,但


hang


亦可作“吊死”


、


“绞死”解。因此这句话也可被误解为“我们必


须在一起上吊,否则我们就会一个个地被 绞死。


”




3


)语意歧解双关




指运用一词多义使语境产生微妙的歧义,从而达到幽默诙谐的 效果。




eg1. Customer: Waiter, will the pancakes be long?



煎饼还是要等很久吗?




Waiter: No, sir. Round.


不,先生,是圆的。




顾客使用的


long


指的是时间的漫长,而服务员把 它曲解为(形状的)


“长形”


,趣味由此而

生。




eg2. Customer: Have you got any chicken's legs?



你有鸡腿吗?




Waiter: No, sir, I always walk this way!


不,先生,我一直是这样走路的呀!




这个对话表现出顾客同服务员之间的误解。顾客想吃鸡腿,问服务员是否有这道菜。服务


员误解为顾客嘲笑他像用鸡腿走路的那副样子,于是反驳道:


“ 我一直是这样走路的呀!


”




eg3.A: Can you see a female?


你能会见一位女士吗?




B: Of course, I can see a female as easily as a male. Do you suppose I'm blind?



当然可以(看得见)


,我看女士和看 男士是一样地容易。难道你认为我是个瞎子?




第一句话中的


see


本意是“约见,会见”之意,而


B


把它歧解为“能看见(


have the ability


of seeing


)


”


。




4


)延伸双关




指巧妙运用某些语言现象(构词、发音等)

< br>,展开联想,临场发挥,适度引申,从而达到某


种幽默风趣的效果。




eg1. A: What is the worst kind of fish?


最坏的鱼是什么鱼?



B: Selfish.


自私。




selfish


(自私)单词碰巧里面含有一个


fish


。作者巧妙地运用这一语言现象,答非所问,歪


打正 着,却意味深远,发人深思,风趣隽永。




eg2.A: Which is the longest word in English?



英语中最长的单词是哪一个?




B: Smiles, because there is a "mile" between the first letter "S" and the


last letter " ;s".


是


Smiles


,


因为从第一个字母


S


到最后一个字母< /p>


s


,


中间相隔一英里

(


mile


)


。

< br>



回答者把


smiles


(微笑)拆分成


s-mile-s,


趣味天 成。




现在举几个有趣的英语双关例子:




1.-What is the worst weather for mice ?



-When it rains cats and dogs.



2.-Which can run faster , heat or cold ?



- Heat. Because everyone can catch cold.



3.-Why is the bride always unlucky on her wedding ?



-Because she can never marry the best man.




然后,再看看下面这些有趣的问答:




1.


—


Why is a river rich?



—


Because it has two banks.



【提醒】


b ank


有两个意思:一是表示“银行”


,二是表示“河岸”


。




2.


—


Why does a man


’


s hair become grey before his mustaches?



—


Because a man


’


s mustaches come up after his hair.



【提醒】答语句意为:因为人们先长头发后长胡须。




3.


—


Why is a ship one of the most polite things on earth?



—


Because it always advances with a bow.



【提醒】


bow


有两个意思是:一是表示“鞠躬”


,二是表示“船首”< /p>


。





4.


—


Why is your nose in the middle of your face?



—


Because it is a scenter.



【提醒】


动词


scent

< p>
意为


“嗅”


,


其派生名词


scenter


意为


“嗅的东西”< /p>


,


而


scenter

刚好与



center


读音相同




5.


—


Why should fish be well educated?



—


Because they are so often found in schools.



【提醒】


school


有两个意思: 一是指“学校”


,二是指“鱼群”


。



6.


—


Why is the letter A like a flower?



—


Because the B is after it.



【提醒】字母


B

与


bee


读音相同。




7.


—


Why does the letter T look like an island?



—


Because it is in the middle of


“


water


”


.



【提醒】答句的字母意思是:因为字母


T


在单词


water


的 中间。既然在“水”的中间,当


然看起来像是“岛”


。




8.


—


Do you know why birds fly to south in the winter?



—


Because it


’


s too far to walk there.



【提醒】太远不能走着去,当然要飞着去。




9.


—


Why is a room full of married couples empty?



—


Because there is not a single man in the room.



【提醒】


there is not a single man


有两个意思:一是指“没有一个单身未婚男人”


,二是 表


示“没有一个人”


。




10.


—


Why did the student take a ladder to school?



—


Because he/she was going to high school!



【提醒】由于按传统思维,人们 一般会将


ladder


(梯子)与


hi gh


(高)联系在一起。




11.


—


Why did the man throw the butter out the window?



—


He wanted to see the butterfly.



【提醒】


butterfly


的意思 是“蝴蝶”


,但若将


butterfly


分开,则成了


butter


(黄油)和


fly


(飞)


。



下面有一些例子:




1. He is not a grave (adj.


严肃的


)man until he is a grave (n.


坟墓


)man.



2. They pray(


祈祷


) for you today and prey (


捕食


)on you tomorrow.



3. He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends.



他违章超速驾驶,结果将昂贵的名车撞到树上 ,他终于看到他的奔驰车


(Mercedes)


是怎样


撞弯


(bends)


的。


这句话的幽默之处是将


Mercedes Benz(


奔驰车


)


中的


Benz


,


故意改写成


bends


。




4. Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.


< /p>


这句话乍一看,好象是说:时光像箭一样飞逝,水果像香蕉一样飞逝。其实这句话后半部< /p>


分的真正意思是:果蝇喜欢吃香蕉,也就是


fruit flies/like/a banana


。




5. A bicycle can't stand on its own because it is two-tyred.



这句话的表面意思是:自行车自己站不起来,因为它只有两个 轮胎


(two-tyred)


。而这句话


的另外一个意思是:这辆自行车被它的主人骑了很长时间,它现在太累了


(too tired)


。




wore a new hairpiece


(假发)



every day and was considered a big wig(


大人物


). Wig


原


意指假发,口语中指要人,大亨




math teachers never die, they just become irrational.



老的数学老师永远 不会死,他们只是失去理智了(变成无理数)


。




a clock is hungry it goes back four seconds.



这句话的表面意思是:



当时钟饿了就会往回走四秒钟


.


但其实后半句是与短语


"go


back for seconds"


谐音


, "go back for second's"


的意思是

< br>"


再要点吃


的


(go back for second serving of food)".



't trust people that do acupuncture(n.


针刺疗法


), they're back stabbers.



Backstabber n.


阴谋暗算他人者,暗箭伤人者,背后中伤者,放暗箭者




而


stabber

< br>意思是



n.


刺


(


或戳


)


的人。




10.I wanted to lose weight so I went to the paint store. I heard I could get thinner there.


get thinner ,< /p>


变得更瘦;但是


thinner


还有意思 是稀释剂,冲稀剂,稀料



。




11.I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.



Wonder


想知道;惊奇




12.I'm reading a book about anti- gravity. It's impossible to put down.



put down


写下来,记下来;


(飞机等)降落。




我在读一本反重力的书,降落(写东西)是不可能的。




you hear about the guy whose whole left side was cut off? He's all right now.



Whole


健康的,健全的;完整的




's not that the man did not know how to juggle, he just didn't have the balls to do


it. Juggle


变戏法,杂耍;


have the balls to do


,


ball


的意思

''


球


'


和‘胆量’的


意思。




15.I couldn't quite remember how to throw a boomerang, but eventually it came back to


me.



boomerangn.1 .(


澳大利亚等地土著用作武器的


)


回 飞镖,飞去来器


2.


自食其果的言行


(


或计谋


等


)



was a sign on the lawn at a drug rehab center that said 'Keep off the Grass'.



drug rehab center


戒毒中心;


grass


“草地”的意思,但是俚语中是“大麻”的意思。




17.I was going to look for my missing watch, but I could never find the time.



后半句的意思


“但是我没有时间


/


但是我还没找到。

”




18.I used to have a fear of hurdles, but I got over it.



Hurdle



n.


跨栏赛跑;障碍赛跑


;get over


克服


(


困难


)


的意思,但是直译就是成功跨过。




m is a non-prophet organization.



无神论是一个非先知的组织。


Prophet


意思是先知,预言者。没有先知


/


不需预言




20.I did a theatrical performance about puns. Really it was just a play on words.



theatrical


剧场的;戏剧 性的



play


戏剧,表演;游戏




21.A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.



nudist


裸体主义者; 天体营的墙壁上出现一个洞,警察正调查此事(


look


into


还有往里看


的意思)




new weed whacker is cutting-hedge technology.



weed whacker


除草机


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