"seeing pink elephants" 怎么发音

expression

US

SEE-ing PINK EL-uh-fuhnts

UK

SEE-ing PINK EL-ih-fuhnts

释义

To hallucinate or see things that aren't really there, commonly because of extreme drunkenness or illness. Used as an idiom for being delirious or imagining things.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈsiɪŋ/ /ˈpɪŋk/ /ˈɛɫəfənts

英式英语

sˈiːɪŋ/ /pˈɪŋk/ /ˈɛlɪfənts

简化发音

美式

SEE-ing PINK EL-uh-fuhnts

英式

SEE-ing PINK EL-ih-fuhnts

语境中听

After drinking too much, he started seeing pink elephants.

She was so sick she thought she was seeing pink elephants.

Everyone laughed when he claimed he was seeing pink elephants.

Don't worry, you're not actually seeing pink elephants—you're just really tired.