"close on" 怎么发音

expression

US

KLOHS on

UK

KLOHZ on

释义

'Close on' is used before an amount, number, or time to mean 'almost' or 'nearly'. It shows that something is just under or very near a certain point.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈkɫoʊs/, /ˈkɫoʊz/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn

英式英语

kləʊz/ /ˈɒn

简化发音

美式

KLOHS on

英式

KLOHZ on

语境中听

There were close on fifty people at the meeting.

She has lived here for close on twenty years.

The repairs took close on three hours to finish.

It’s been close on a decade since I last saw him.