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 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 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。
• He seems to cotton on quick.
  他似乎敏于理解事物。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• A preliminary study on the effects of removing the source from leaf at different stages of cotton on the source/ sink
  棉花不同时期去叶源对库源关系影响的初步研究
• 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
• 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。