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单词 double entendre
释义 dou·ble en·ten·dre
\ˌdübəˌläⁿ(n.)ˈtä(ä)ⁿ(n)]dr(ə), ˌdəbəˌlä-, ˌdüˌblä-, -län.ˈtän], ]d(rə)\ noun
(plural double entendres)
Etymology: obsolete French, literally, double meaning
1. : ambiguity of meaning arising from language that lends itself to more than one interpretation
 < rooted mainly in the basic humor of insult, malapropism, and double entendre — Wolcott Gibbs >
2. : a word or expression capable of two interpretations, one of them often having a risqué connotation
 < a kind of old-fashioned bedroom farce with many of the double entendres that go with that form of entertainment — John McCarten >
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