英 [ˈpʌnɪŋ] 美 [ˈpʌnɪŋ]
n. 夯实；打夯
v. 重击；敲打；使用双关语（pun 的 ing 形式）
pun /pʌn/ TEM8
可数名词 A pun is a clever and amusing use of a word or phrase with two meanings, or of words with the same sound but different meanings. For example, if someone says "The peasants are revolting," this is a pun because it can be interpreted as meaning either that the peasants are fighting against authority, or that they are disgusting. 双关语
He spoke of a hatchet job, which may be a pun on some senator's name.
他提到“恶毒诽谤”一词，这可能和某个参议员的名字一语双关。
动词 to make puns 说双关语
动词 to pack (earth, rubble, etc) by pounding 击打成团
双关；双关语
夯实
... play 玩 punning 打夯 repartee 机灵的回答 ...
2.1.1 双关(Punning) 在一定的语言环境中,利用词的多义和同音的条件,有意使语句具有双重意义,言在此而意在彼,这种修辞手法就是双关。
... punner手夯具 punning夯实 pure纯的 ...
一般而言，联想奔逸时的前后概念之间均存在有内在的联系，出现音联（Rhyming）或意联（Punning），或与当时环境中发生的事情有联系。见于躁狂状态。
Punning is one of the most common rhetorical devices used in advertisement.
双关语是英语广告中一种较为常见的修辞手段。
Newspapers mocked him with punning headlines, such as "o volk! Terre 'blanche is back again".
报纸上用双关语的标题来嘲笑他，比如“喔，人民，特雷布兰奇又回来了”。
The semantic means for English punning exist on lexical, syntactical, and contextual levels.
语义手段存在于词汇、句法和语篇三个层面。
But there's always room for Punorama, the punning contest for amateurs who admire the headline writers' art.
Sold in dime stores, the stickers satirized popular consumer products by punning on their names and tweaking their package design.
The Roman orators Cicero and Quintilian believed that "paronomasia", the Greek term for punning, was a sign of intellectual suppleness and rhetorical skill.