She wrote serious poetry, but also loved composing limericks.

她写严肃题材的诗歌，但也喜欢创作打油诗。

Wilson was obsessed with limericks prior to his stroke, but what about the post-stroke limericks?

在中风前，咸尔逊痴迷于打油诗。可是中风后他的打油诗又意味着什么呢？

Little ones love its mix of lullabies and limericks, humor and sing-song verse, and they learn from it too.

小孩子们喜欢它摇篮曲和打油诗那种幽默说唱组合的风格，这也是一种学习。

The reason limericks began being called limericks was that these often nonsensical poems became a kind of party game.

它之所以被称作这个名字是因为，这些通常没什么意义的诗歌成了一种聚会上的游戏。

The notes, written on yellow foolscap, contain an assortment of limericks and anecdotes, drifting into seeming nonsense.

这些写在黄色大页纸上的笔记，有打油诗也有趣闻轶事，表面上看来很荒谬。

Edward Lear who invented such imaginary things as runcible spoons is also credited with popularizing if not inventing limericks.

假如五行打油诗不是爱德华·里尔发明的话，那么他至少也使其流行开来了——他还创造了诸如“叉匙”这种极富想象力的东西。

It's like a karaoke favorite. The melody is not very good and very repetitious, while the lyrics are like limericks. I was shocked and embarrassed when it became a hit.

其实我觉得这首歌旋律并不很好，有很多重复，歌词也像个打油诗，我当时对于这首歌走红真的非常惊讶并甚至有些难为情。

We sang for a while, and then we told gags and recited limericks for a while, and I noticed that the kid and Maggie had wandered into the back room-the one with the latch on the door.

我们唱了一会儿歌，然后说说笑话，做做打油诗，我注意到小伙和麦琪溜进了后室——那个有门闩的房间。