pun英語雙關(guān)語集錦

2023年12月21日發(fā)(作者：三為)

PUN

所謂pun，通常是指利用一個單詞的兩個含義，或者利用兩個特定的單詞，達(dá)到“一語雙關(guān)”的目的。

雙關(guān)語（pun）是英語中一種常見的修辭手法。該修辭格巧妙利用詞的諧音、詞的多義或歧義等，使同一句話可同時表達(dá)不同意義，以造成語言生動活潑、幽默詼諧或嘲弄譏諷的修辭效果，使人讀來忍俊不禁、英語中雙關(guān)語的構(gòu)成通常需要兩個基本條件，即雙重情境（double context）和多義詞或同音異義詞。其構(gòu)成方式主要有以下四種：

1）同音異義雙關(guān)（諧音雙關(guān)）

指在一個語境中巧妙運(yùn)用兩個或多個詞語的同音或諧音達(dá)到諷刺或具詼諧意味的效果。

eg1. Seven days without water makes one weak.

七天不進(jìn)水，人就會虛弱。

weak和week是同音異義詞。因此這句話聽起來可以理解為：Seven days without water

makes one week.

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

生前勞碌奔命，死后化灰入土。

earn與urn(火化)同音異義，用在一起顯得俏皮，別有趣味。

2）同詞異義雙關(guān)（多義詞雙關(guān)）

指在同一語境中運(yùn)用一個詞語的兩種意思巧妙地達(dá)到幽默風(fēng)趣的效果，使讀之別有韻味。

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

世上最長的句子是什么？

B: Prison for life. 無期徒刑。

ntence既有“句子”的意思，也有“刑期”的含義。

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

女性對善惡感覺驚人，而對左右感覺麻木。

該句借用同詞異義雙關(guān)諷刺女性方向感差，開車左右不分。

must all hang together, or we shall all hang -parately. 我們必須團(tuán)結(jié)一致，否則將一一被絞死。

本句運(yùn)用多義雙關(guān)，深刻而幽默地說明了不團(tuán)結(jié)便滅亡的道理。短語動詞hang together作“團(tuán)結(jié)一致”解，但hang亦可作“吊死”、“絞死”解。因此這句話也可被誤解為“我們必須在一起上吊，否則我們就會一個個地被絞死。”

3）語意歧解雙關(guān)

指運(yùn)用一詞多義使語境產(chǎn)生微妙的歧義，從而達(dá)到幽默詼諧的效果。

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

煎餅還是要等很久嗎？

Waiter: No, sir. Round. 不，先生，是圓的。

顧客使用的long指的是時間的漫長，而服務(wù)員把它曲解為（形狀的）“長形”，趣味由此而生。

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

你有雞腿嗎？

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

不，先生，我一直是這樣走路的呀！

這個對話表現(xiàn)出顧客同服務(wù)員之間的誤解。顧客想吃雞腿，問服務(wù)員是否有這道菜。服務(wù)員誤解為顧客嘲笑他像用雞腿走路的那副樣子，于是反駁道：“我一直是這樣走路的呀！”

eg3.A: Can you e a female? 你能會見一位女士嗎？

B: Of cour, I can e a female as easily as a male. Do you suppo I'm blind?

當(dāng)然可以（看得見），我看女士和看男士是一樣地容易。難道你認(rèn)為我是個瞎子？

第一句話中的e本意是“約見，會見”之意，而B把它歧解為“能看見（have the ability of

eing）”。

4）延伸雙關(guān)

指巧妙運(yùn)用某些語言現(xiàn)象（構(gòu)詞、發(fā)音等），展開聯(lián)想，臨場發(fā)揮，適度引申，從而達(dá)到某種幽默風(fēng)趣的效果。

eg1. A: What is the worst kind of fish? 最壞的魚是什么魚？ B: Selfish. 自私。

lfish（自私）單詞碰巧里面含有一個fish。作者巧妙地運(yùn)用這一語言現(xiàn)象，答非所問，歪打正著，卻意味深遠(yuǎn)，發(fā)人深思，風(fēng)趣雋永。

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

英語中最長的單詞是哪一個？

B: Smiles, becau there is a "mile" between the first letter "S" and the last letter "s".

是Smiles，因為從第一個字母S到最后一個字母s，中間相隔一英里（mile）。

回答者把smiles（微笑）拆分成s-mile-s,趣味天成。

現(xiàn)在舉幾個有趣的英語雙關(guān)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. Becau everyone can catch cold.

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

-Becau she can never marry the best man.

然后，再看看下面這些有趣的問答：

1. —Why is a river rich?

—Becau it has two banks.

【提醒】bank有兩個意思：一是表示“銀行”，二是表示“河岸”。

2. —Why does a man’s hair become grey before his mustaches?

—Becau a man’s mustaches come up after his hair.

【提醒】答語句意為：因為人們先長頭發(fā)后長胡須。

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

—Becau it always advances with a bow.

【提醒】bow有兩個意思是：一是表示“鞠躬”，二是表示“船首”。

4. —Why is your no in the middle of your face?

—Becau it is a scenter.

【提醒】動詞scent 意為“嗅”，其派生名詞scenter 意為“嗅的東西”，而scenter剛好與 center讀音相同

5. —Why should fish be well educated?

—Becau they are so often found in schools.

【提醒】school 有兩個意思：一是指“學(xué)校”，二是指“魚群”。

6. —Why is the letter A like a flower?

—Becau the B is after it.

【提醒】字母B與bee讀音相同。

7. —Why does the letter T look like an island?

—Becau it is in the middle of “water”.

【提醒】答句的字母意思是：因為字母T在單詞water的中間。既然在“水”的中間，當(dāng)然看起來像是“島”。

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

—Becau it’s too far to walk there.

【提醒】太遠(yuǎn)不能走著去，當(dāng)然要飛著去。

9. —Why is a room full of married couples empty?

—Becau there is not a single man in the room.

【提醒】there is not a single man 有兩個意思：一是指“沒有一個單身未婚男人”，二是表示“沒有一個人”。

10. —Why did the student take a ladder to school?

—Becau he/she was going to high school!

【提醒】由于按傳統(tǒng)思維，人們一般會將ladder（梯子）與high（高）聯(lián)系在一起。

11. —Why did the man throw the butter out the window?

—He wanted to e the butterfly.

【提醒】butterfly 的意思是“蝴蝶”，但若將butterfly分開，則成了butter（黃油）和fly（飛）。

下面有一些例子：

1. He is not a grave (adj.嚴(yán)肅的)man until he is a grave (n.墳?zāi)?man.

2. They pray(祈禱) 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.

他違章超速駕駛，結(jié)果將昂貴的名車撞到樹上，他終于看到他的奔馳車(Mercedes)是怎樣撞彎(bends)的。這句話的幽默之處是將Mercedes Benz(奔馳車)中的Benz，故意改寫成bends。

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

這句話乍一看，好象是說：時光像箭一樣飛逝，水果像香蕉一樣飛逝。其實這句話后半部分的真正意思是：果蠅喜歡吃香蕉，也就是fruit flies/like/a banana。

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

這句話的表面意思是：自行車自己站不起來，因為它只有兩個輪胎(two-tyred)。而這句話的另外一個意思是：這輛自行車被它的主人騎了很長時間，它現(xiàn)在太累了(too tired)。

wore a new hairpiece（假發(fā)） every day and was considered a big wig(大人物).

Wig原意指假發(fā)，口語中指要人，大亨

math teachers never die, they just become irrational.

老的數(shù)學(xué)老師永遠(yuǎn)不會死，他們只是失去理智了（變成無理數(shù)）。

a clock is hungry it goes back four conds.

這句話的表面意思是： 當(dāng)時鐘餓了就會往回走四秒鐘. 但其實后半句是與短語"go back for

conds"諧音, "go back for cond's"的意思是"再要點(diǎn)吃的(go back for cond rving of

food)".

't trust people that do acupuncture(n.針刺療法), they're back stabbers.

Backstabber n.陰謀暗算他人者，暗箭傷人者，背后中傷者，放暗箭者

而stabber意思是 n.刺(或戳)的人。

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

get thinner ,變得更瘦；但是thinner還有意思是稀釋劑，沖稀劑，稀料 。

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

Wonder 想知道；驚奇

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

put down 寫下來，記下來；（飛機(jī)等）降落。

我在讀一本反重力的書，降落（寫東西）是不可能的。

you hear about the guy who 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 變戲法，雜耍；have the balls to do ，ball的意思''球'和‘膽量’的意思。

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

boomerang n.1.(澳大利亞等地土著用作武器的)回飛鏢，飛去來器2.自食其果的言行(或計謀等)

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，但是俚語中是“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 “但是我沒有時間/但是我還沒找到。”

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

Hurdle n.跨欄賽跑；障礙賽跑;get over 克服(困難)的意思，但是直譯就是成功跨過。

m is a non-prophet organization.

無神論是一個非先知的組織。Prophet意思是先知，預(yù)言者。沒有先知/不需預(yù)言

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

theatrical劇場的；戲劇性的 play戲劇，表演；游戲

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

nudist裸體主義者；天體營的墻壁上出現(xiàn)一個洞，警察正調(diào)查此事（look into 還有往里看的意思）

new weed whacker is cutting-hedge technology.

weed whacker除草機(jī)

cutting-hedge1.最前沿(用于商業(yè)、科技開發(fā)及類似領(lǐng)域)，尖端，最前列，前峰(科學(xué)、藝術(shù)、運(yùn)動等的前沿)2.【工程設(shè)計】切削刃，刃口

an ark to save two of every animal? I noah guy who has the ticket..

noah (諾亞)和know a 同音

were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.

Rest ：休息/其余的人

write with a broken pencil is pointless.

Pointless無意義的/不得分的

27-what lawyers do when they die?

-Lie still.

-律師們死后做什么？

-靜靜地躺著/仍然在說謊