The word "yellow" in the second line of Tony the Tow Truck-- its denotation is that it is a certain color, the color that Tony's garage is painted.

搬运车托尼》中第二行的“黄色“,他的表面意义就是一种颜色，垃圾箱的颜色。

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In any case, the tension between denotation and connotation is part of the way in which irony works.

在任何情况下，讽刺的作用,都是表达了符号和涵义之间的张力。

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