舣关(pun)顾名思义就是一语双关,即歧义(ambiguity)在修辞上的运用。在英语中,歧义现象普遍存在,这是它固有的弱点。但是英美文学大师却巧妙地利用这一点,创造出了无数拍案叫绝的双关语。我们只要稍微留心,就会发现在文学作品、报刊杂志和英语教材中蕴涵着许多妙语连珠的双关语。本文拟就在《大学英语》等教材中和英文报刊上出现的双关语现象谈以下三个问题。 Pun (pun), as its name suggests, is a pun, namely the use of ambiguity in rhetoric. In English, ambiguity is widespread, which is its inherent weakness. However, British and American literary masters have cleverly used this and created countless puns. As long as we take a little care, we will find many idioms in the literary works, newspapers, magazines and English textbooks. This article plans to discuss the following three issues in the phenomenon of puns in textbooks such as “College English” and in English newspapers and magazines.