英语词汇double entendre的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	double entendre
词源	double entendre. Double entendre, “double meaning” (one often of doubtful propriety), is a French term that came into En- glish in the 17th century. While the French expression for the same is double entente today, it was double entendre when the term was adopted.
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