A play upon words
双关语, 俏皮话
🧩 词语组成解析
play
[ple]
n. 比赛;游戏;戏剧;赌博;
vt.& vi. 玩;演奏;演出;参加比赛;
vt. 扮演;担任，充当…的角色;演出;装扮;
vi. 玩耍，游戏;[游戏] 参加游戏;赌博;闹着玩;
upon
[ə'pɑn]
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
words
[[wə:dz]]
n. 言语；话语；字（word的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
or we won't be finished by dinnertime.
要不然， 晚餐时间到了我们还做不完。
I'm sorry,but both of them are busy right now.
很抱歉他们现在很忙。
The sea bed was scoured with powerful nets and there was tremendous excitement on board went a chest was raised from the bottom.
他们用结实的网把海床搜索了一遍。