We're banking on them lending us the money─no pun intended!
我们正指望他们借给我们钱呢 —bank 绝无双关之意！
1.〈英方〉把(土,碎石等)捣结实[夯实] (up)
2.用双关语 (on, upon)
3.以双关语劝说
1.双关俏皮话,双关语
1.to make a pun
1.a humorous use of a word that has two meanings, or of words with the same sound but different meanings. For example, in the sentence “The violinist spent the night in a vile inn,” vile innpoor hotel sounds like violin.
1.Punning is one of the most common rhetorical devices used in news headlines.
双关语是英文标题中一种较为常见的修辞手段。
2.GPR can detect the impact depth and range of strong punning with different frequency antenna radars and effectively guide the construction.
结果表明利用不同频率的天线，探地雷达可以探测出强夯作用影响的深度和范围，有效地指导了施工。
3.Punning is a rhetoric device composed by the similarity in pronunciation and pergence in meaning.
双关修辞格是一种依靠语音的相似和意义的分歧形成的修辞格。
4.it is, of course, just four-letters long and full of punning possibilities.
当然，猪肉的英文单词“pork”只有四个字母，而且有许多双关用法。
5.Using the ground-penetrating radar technology, the authors studied the strong punning effect of mudstone filling embankment.
利用探地雷达技术，对泥岩填土路堤强夯效果进行了试验。
6.Newspapers mocked him with punning headlines, such as "O volk! Terre'Blanche is back again" .
报纸上用双关语的标题来嘲笑他，比如“喔，人民，特雷布兰奇又回来了”。
7.Like punning , programming is a play on words .
如同双关语，编程也是一种文字游戏。
8.I'm always punning but he doesn't find it funny.
我老是使用双关语，可他觉得很没意思。
9.Study of Detection Technologies of Strong Punning Treated Ground
强夯处理地基的检测技术研究
10.Application of Heavy Punning Method in Foundation Reinforcement Engineering
强夯法在地基加固工程中的应用