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

• 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。
• This district grew cotton on a large scale.
  这个地区过去大量种棉花。
• Declaring the end of the worst of winter, I put the white cotton slipcover on the sofa and replaced the heavier oriental rug with a lighter jute rug.
  宣告结束的冬季最糟糕的，我把沙发上的白棉沙发套，代之以用打火机黄麻地毯较重的东方地毯。
• 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。
• 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 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
• 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
• 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。
• 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。