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

• 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。
• 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 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
• 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。
• 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 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
• 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 weaving of hand-woven coarse cloth is extremely complex, and there are72 working procedures from picking cotton and spinning to weaving cotton on the machine.
  手织老粗布的织造工艺极为复杂，从采棉纺线到上机织布，要经过大大小小72道工序。
• 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。
• 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