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
- 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。 - 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 - He seems to cotton on quick.
他似乎敏于理解事物。 - He seems to cotton on quickly.
他似乎理解事物很快。 - 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。 - Insect infestations in certain cotton-growing regions of the world have caused dramatic increase in the price of cotton on the world market.
害虫在世界范围内的棉花种植区肆虐导致了棉花价格的飞涨。 - This district grew cotton on a large scale.
这个地区过去大量种棉花。 - 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。 - But, Tudor Jones first cut his teeth trading cotton on exchanges, where limits were in force. And that colours his views.
但是，琼斯最初是在实施价格限制的交易所棉花交易中获得从业经验的，并由此形成了自己的看法。