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

• He seems to cotton on quickly.
  他似乎理解事物很快。
• The progress of laboratory and field assessment of Bt corn and cotton on non-target arthropods and resistance management of target insects were reviewed in this article.
  本文在大量室内和田间评价工作的基础上，系统综述了国内外研究在该领域内取得的进展。
• 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。
• 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
• This district grew cotton on a large scale.
  这个地区过去大量种棉花。
• 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。
• He seems to cotton on quick.
  他似乎敏于理解事物。
• 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 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