A play upon words
双关语, 俏皮话
🧩 词语组成解析
play
[ple]
n. 比赛;游戏;戏剧;赌博;
vt.& vi. 玩;演奏;演出;参加比赛;
vt. 扮演;担任，充当…的角色;演出;装扮;
vi. 玩耍，游戏;[游戏] 参加游戏;赌博;闹着玩;
upon
[ə'pɑn]
prep. 在…上面;当…时候;
words
[[wə:dz]]
n. 言语；话语；字（word的复数）
🗣️ 情景例句
Well, what do you think?
嗯，你觉得怎样？
Just wait and see.
只好等着看喽！
Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.
沥青坑里积存了水，大象那样的大动物冒险到似乎坚固的水面上去饮水，立即掉进了沥青坑。