who's on first

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A situation in which confusion arises due to homophones and similar misunderstandings.
    — This pride of sponsorship, rather than pride of rating, seems to have been lost in the welter of decimal points and who's-on-firsts.

词形变化

who's on firsts plural Who's on First alternative who's-on-first alternative

词源

From "Who's on First?", a comic routine from 1930s vaudeville made famous by Abbott and Costello, in which two people discussing a baseball team become confused by names such as "Who" and "What".
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