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
- 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。 - 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。 - A preliminary study on the effects of removing the source from leaf at different stages of cotton on the source/ sink
棉花不同时期去叶源对库源关系影响的初步研究 - Effect of transgenic Bt cotton on soil invertebrate community structure
转Bt基因棉对土壤无脊椎动物群落结构的影响 - The cotton grows on the plant as long hairs attached to the seeds inside the boll.
棉花在植株上作为附着在种籽上的长茸毛在棉铃里生长发育。 - 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 - Effect of Decomposed Liquids of Cotton Stalk on Cotton Seeds Germination and Seedling Growth
棉秆腐解液对棉花种子萌发及幼苗生长的影响 - 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。 - He seems to cotton on quickly.
他似乎理解事物很快。 - He seems to cotton on quick.
他似乎敏于理解事物。