"queer as a threedollar bill" 怎么发音

expression

US

KWIR-uhz-uh-THREE-dahl-er-BIL

UK

KWEE-uh-az-uh-THREE-dol-uh-BIL

释义

An old-fashioned, often humorous expression meaning something or someone is very strange, unusual, or not genuine. The phrase compares the oddness to a three dollar bill, which does not exist.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈkwɪɹ/ /ˈæz/, /ˈɛz/ /ˈeɪ/, /ə/ /ˈθriˌdɑlər/ /ˈbɪɫ

英式英语

kwˈiə/ /ˈæs/ /æɪ/ /ˈθriːˌdɒlə/ /bˈɪl

简化发音

美式

KWIR-uhz-uh-THREE-dahl-er-BIL

英式

KWEE-uh-az-uh-THREE-dol-uh-BIL

语境中听

That hat is queer as a threedollar bill.

His explanation sounded queer as a threedollar bill.

This homemade gadget is queer as a threedollar bill.

When he walked in with that suit, I thought he looked queer as a threedollar bill.