"pour cold water on" 怎么发音
expression
PAWR kold WAW-ter on
PAW kold WAW-tuh on
释义
To discourage someone's ideas, hopes, or enthusiasm, often by criticizing or dismissing them.
IPA 音标
美式英语
ˈpɔɹ/ /ˈkoʊɫd/ /ˈwɔtɝ/ /ˈɑn/, /ˈɔn
英式英语
pˈɔː/ /kˈəʊld/ /wˈɔːtɐ/ /ˈɒn
简化发音
美式
PAWR kold WAW-ter on
英式
PAW kold WAW-tuh on
语境中听
Every time I share an idea, he pours cold water on it.
She didn't mean to pour cold water on your plan.
My teacher poured cold water on my idea for the project.
Don't pour cold water on my excitement before we've even started!