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

• 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
• 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。
• This district grew cotton on a large scale.
  这个地区过去大量种棉花。
• 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 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
• He seems to cotton on quick.
  他似乎敏于理解事物。
• It took him a while to cotton on to what I was saying.
  他过了好一会儿才明白我在说什么。
• 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 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。