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.- 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。 - 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。
- She had already cottoned on to the fact that the nanny was not all she appeared...
英英释义
verb
- understand, usually after some initial difficulty
- She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
双语例句
- 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 - Preliminary Study on Influence of Almond and Cotton Intercropping on Photosynthetic Characteristics and Yield of Cotton
扁桃棉花间作对棉花光合特性及产量影响的初步研究 - 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。 - 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 - Glue the small cotton ball on the paper for the head.
把小的棉花球粘在纸上做雪人的头。 - 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 - Eventually workers will cotton on, demanding still higher wages to offset the rising cost of living.
总有一天工人们会恍然大悟，并且会索取更高的工资来弥补日益增长的生活费用。 - Design and implementation of pest diagnosis system for cotton based on Web
棉花虫害诊断系统的设计与Web实现 - Effect of Transgenic Cotton on the Population Dynamics of Insect in Sichuan Cotton Region
四川棉区转基因抗虫棉对棉田昆虫群落的影响 - It took me a while to cotton on to what was happening.
过了一会我才明白发生了什么事。