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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• He seems to cotton on quickly.
  他似乎理解事物很快。
• 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。
• This district grew cotton on a large scale.
  这个地区过去大量种棉花。
• 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
• 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。
• 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。
• 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