"cotton on to" 怎么发音
expression
KAH-tuhn ON tuh
KOT-uhn ON TOO
释义
To begin to understand or realize something, especially something that was not obvious at first.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈkɑtən/, /ˈkɔtən/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn/ /ˈtu/, /tə/, /tɪ
英式英语
kˈɒtən/ /ˈɒn/ /tˈuː
简化发音
美式
KAH-tuhn ON tuh
英式
KOT-uhn ON TOO
语境中听
It took me a while to cotton on to the joke.
He finally cottoned on to what was happening.
Children often cotton on to things quickly.
It took my parents a year to cotton on to the fact I was moving out.