| 单词 | double entendre |
| 释义 | double entendre (once / 62207 pages) n A double entendre is a word or remark that has a hidden (or not so hidden) naughty meaning. We'd give you an example, but this is a family site. Double entendre is from a now obsolete French term, double entente, meaning literally "double understanding." The British —- masters of the art of the double entendre —- imported the phrase from their Gallic cousins. While some regard it as a low form of verbal humor, Shakespeare himself was a great lover of the form, and his plays are filled with some highly filthy examples. WORD FAMILYdouble entendre USAGE EXAMPLESHe gets laughs from the crowd with a double entendre and she tells Trump that he has embarrassed her before leaving the stage. Seattle Times(Oct 29, 2016) His photographs also speak truth as plain fact, with no double entendre implied. Time(Oct 11, 2016) The phrase had been her trademark way of criticizing undercooked wet pastry, and viewers heard in it a humorous double entendre, intended or not. New York Times(Sep 22, 2016) n an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate Hyper ambiguity an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context |
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