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play on words
idiom
a humorous use of a word with more than one meaning or that sounds like another word: 文字游戏
The name of the shop - "Strata Various" - is a play on words, because it sounds like Stradivarius, the famous violin maker.商店的名字 Strata Various 是一个文字游戏，因为它听起来像著名的小提琴制作师 Stradivarius 的名字。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humour & humorous
amusingly
bitingly
blackly
bone dryidiom
bring
drily
gag
geddit?
GSOH
jocose
lightly
mordancy
non-serious
pawky
photobomb
photobombing
rib
standing joke
wag
wisecrack
a play on words | American Dictionary
a play on words
idiom
an amusing use of a word or phrase that has more than one meaning
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