cotton on

英 [ˈkɒtn ɒn]

美 [ˈkɑːtn ɑːn]

明白; 领悟; 意识到

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 明白;领悟;意识到
  If youcotton on tosomething, you understand it or realize it, especially without people telling you about it.
  1. She had already cottoned on to the fact that the nanny was not all she appeared...
     她已经意识到这个保姆不只是她看起来的那样。
  2. It wasn't until he started laughing that they cottoned on!
     他开始笑起来，他们才明白是怎么回事。

英英释义

verb

• understand, usually after some initial difficulty
  1. She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
  Synonym:catch onget wiseget ontotumblelatch ontwigget it

双语例句

• It wasn't until he started laughing that they cottoned on!
  他开始笑起来，他们才明白是怎么回事。
• The Effect of Enzyme Pretreatment of Cotton Fabrics on Pigment Dyeing
  生物酶前处理对棉织物涂料染色效果的影响
• It took me ages to cotton on to the fact he was lying.
  很多年后我才知道他在撒谎。
• Effect of Free Trade of Cotton on Cotton Grower and Relevant Enterprise
  棉花进口贸易自由化对棉农·棉企的影响
• The impacts of transgenic cotton on soil microbes 'kanamycin resistance
  转基因棉花种植对土壤卡那霉素抗性细菌多样性的影响
• There is bout later, it carried cotton on the back, think to fall again, OK and Alexandrine second same, when going to the side of the river then, fall intentionally in water.
  后来有一回，它背了棉花，以为再跌倒，可以同上次一样，于是走到河边的时候，便故意跌倒在水里。
• This district grew cotton on a large scale.
  这个地区过去大量种棉花。
• Effects of Transgenic Cotton Planting on Four Kinds of Soil Enzyme Activity
  种植转基因棉对4种土壤酶活性的影响
• She hangs the rolled, twisted cotton string on her nose.
  她把揉搓了，缠绕过了的棉花卷放在她的鼻子上。
• He seems to cotton on quick.
  他似乎敏于理解事物。