"cotton on" 怎么发音
expression
KAH-tuhn ON or KAW-tuhn AWN
KOT-uhn ON
释义
To begin to understand or realize something, often after not noticing it at first.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈkɑtən/, /ˈkɔtən/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn
英式英语
kˈɒtən/ /ˈɒn
简化发音
美式
KAH-tuhn ON or KAW-tuhn AWN
英式
KOT-uhn ON
语境中听
It took him a while to cotton on to the joke.
I didn't cotton on to what she meant at first.
You'll cotton on to the rules soon.
It took me a minute to cotton on that they were joking.