punch line
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
這個字我們還沒有寫成教學內容。以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，方便你先看懂它的意思。
punch linenoun/ˈpʌntʃˌlaɪn/
- 1
The final part of a joke; the word, sentence, or exchange of sentences that is intended to be funny and provokes laughter from the listeners.
- That was quite a build-up for such a puny punch line.
- While explaining a punchline might initially kill the joke, Roberts claims it can shed light on the use of humour in language and help students remember the gag for future use.
- 2
The butt of a joke; laughing stock.
- The women are a phenomenon; the men are a punchline.
- (It didn’t help when Microsoft relaunched its Bing search engine with OpenAI’s technology inside, instantly ending Bing’s decade-long run as a punchline.)
- 3
A final, concluding statement that an explanation has been leading up to; a conclusion.
- The final, the Munich-based liberal newspaper writes, was a “fitting punchline” to a great tournament.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。