wordplay['wə:dplei]n.1.■巧妙的对话2.■双关语3.■文字游戏(高明或有趣味的文字应用，尤指一词多义或把貌合神离的字放在一起)[参较 pun]
noun
- [mass noun]the witty exploitation of the meanings and ambiguities of words, especially in puns
文字游戏（字意和歧义的妙用，尤指双关语）
wordplay
■[Diplomacy] Which is it, Ambassador? Are we guity or not in your eyes? I'm finding it's difficult to find the truth in your wordplay.
主角：到底是哪个呢，大使？我们在你眼中究竟是有罪还无罪呢？我发现在你的言语游戏中找寻真相真是困难。
■Do you understand his wordplay?
你理解他话里的双关吗?
■For example, a large proportion of the humour and appeal of the movie arises from its complex wordplay and subtle hints of Hong Kong"s historical legacy and dynamic.
例如，影片中很多幽默和魅力来自于它错综复杂的特色语言以及香港历史文化遗产和活力的微妙暗示。
■Before answering the question, a little more wordplay on the dual title may be in order.
在回答这个问题之前，就这两个双重的称谓来点巧妙应答可能会比较得体。
■Another name which is really a subtle bit of wordplay is Professor Binnes. I imagine him wearing very thick lenses - "bins"(from binoculars) is a slang term for spectacles.
宾斯的课是学生们所有课程种种最乏味的。他没完没了地读那些小妖精起义的细节而其他的事件，“沉闷单调的声音像是一台老掉牙的吸尘器”，让每个人都昏昏沉沉的。
■The indeterminacy, intertexuality, wordplay and the manipulation of the detective fiction genre all help build the reading maze of Pale Fire.
小说中意义的不确定性、互文性、文字游戏和传统侦探小说题材的颠覆运用共同构筑了一个奇异的阅读迷宫。
■Categories of Wordplay
文字游戏的种类
■Shows wordplay types you can use to clue an answer in a cryptic crossword: anagrams;
显示文字类型您可以使用的答案的线索在一个隐蔽纵横：字谜游戏;
■The poetic repertory, written in Yemeni dialect and classic Arabic, abounds in elegant wordplay and often expresses profound emotion.
歌词以也门方言和考究的阿拉伯语写成，充满了优雅的词藻和深切的情感。
■Great features include full-board view, tile shuffle, saved games, a word challenge system, and a network of wordplay titans ready to challenge you to a duel of words.
游戏还包括全字盘浏览模式、字块拖动、游戏存储和单词检查系统、线上与拼字高手决战等众多特点。
■Australians love wordplay and have slang words for every occasion.
澳大利亚人喜欢玩文字游戏，时不时地说些俚语。
■'' Aware that these Irish peasants have died, as he puts it, ''in the dark,'' Dixon is also aware of both the sonorousness of his wordplay and the excitement it gives him to use it.
狄克逊知道这些爱尔兰农民象他所说的“正在暗地里”死去，也意识到他的文字运用的宏大力量和使用这些文字时他所经历的激动。
■During the oracular sessions, the Pythia spoke in an altered voice and tended to chant her responses, indulging in wordplay and puns.
皮媞亚会以一种不同于平常的声音传达神谕，并倾向以吟咏的方式回应，说出的尽是暧昧的文字游戏与双关语。
■semantic jokes that go beyond wordplay ("What do engineers use for birth control?
第二类是超越了词汇游戏水平的语义层次上的笑话，如：“工程师会用什么手段控制生育？
■Nowadays art is often applied as an avenue of philosophical realization - what's said and the unsaid remain a game of wordplay.
而在平面化的时代，艺术行为成了哲学的具现，基本上仍脱离不开文字语言，说出和没说出的。
■Enter the clues and their explanations,using the Wordplay Wizard for help with cryptic clues.
输入线索以及他们的注释，使用字句的争论向导获得带有隐秘线索的帮助。
■The jokes themselves are often based on puns and wordplay.
这些笑话多是建立在双关语和文字游戏的基础之上。
■Such wordplay is not within the legitimacy English teaching, which leads to the English learner’s misunderstanding of some simple conversations.
这些词不会出现在正式的英语教学中，这也是英语学习者对一些简单对话产生误解的原因。
■Its multiple narrative voices and extravagant wordplay made Ulysses a virtual thesaurus of styles for writers wrestling with the problem of rendering contemporary life.
透过多种叙事手法与华丽的修饰双关使得《尤里西斯》成为作家在处理描写当代生活问题的宝库。