"house of cards" 怎么发音

expression

US

HOWSS-uhv-KARDZ

UK

HOWSS-ov-KAHDZ

释义

A structure, system, or plan that is weak and likely to fail if disturbed, often used to describe something that looks stable but is actually fragile.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈhaʊs/ /ˈəv/ /ˈkɑɹdz

英式英语

hʌʊs/ /ˈɒv/ /kˈɑːdz

简化发音

美式

HOWSS-uhv-KARDZ

英式

HOWSS-ov-KAHDZ

语境中听

His business was a house of cards and fell apart quickly.

Their plan turned out to be a house of cards.

A house of cards can collapse at any moment.

The whole company was built like a house of cards — it was just waiting to fall apart.