double entendre
一语中的,一语双关,一语道破天机,双关语
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plural dou·ble en·ten·dres [duhb-uhl ahn-tahn-druhz, -tahndz; French doo-blahn-tahn-druh]. /ˈdʌb əl ɑnˈtɑn drəz, -ˈtɑndz; French du blɑ̃ˈtɑ̃ drə/.
- : a double meaning.
- : a word or expression used in a given context so that it can be understood in two ways, especially when one meaning is risqué.
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Examples
And Ollie says, ‘Oh, I see, well, let me have two double vodka martinis.’
A few weeks after returning from England, I was trolling the dairy section and came across the Cotswold Double Gloucester.
But the entendre and innuendo permeates the rest of the series—often innocently, but sometimes far more blatantly.
He went on to say that even such double horrors had never kept cops from continuing on.
Faced with the loss of middle class voters, the administration seems determined to double down on its current coalition.
Under the one-sixth they appear as slender, highly refractive fibers with double contour and, often, curled or split ends.
In treble, second and fourth, the first change is a dodge behind; and the second time the treble leads, there's a double Bob.
All things are double, one against another, and he hath made nothing defective.
The way was under a double row of tall trees, which met at the top and formed a green arch over our heads.
The wretched young man persistently exercises his right of crying "Banco," and so practically going double or quits each time.