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

• Design and implementation of pest diagnosis system for cotton based on Web
  棉花虫害诊断系统的设计与Web实现
• He seems to cotton on quick.
  他似乎敏于理解事物。
• 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。
• There is bout later, it carried cotton on the back, think to fall again, OK and Alexandrine second same, when going to the side of the river then, fall intentionally in water.
  后来有一回，它背了棉花，以为再跌倒，可以同上次一样，于是走到河边的时候，便故意跌倒在水里。
• Effects of Long-Term Continuous Cropping System of Cotton on Soil Physical-Chemical Properties and Activities of Soil Enzyme in Oasis in Xinjiang
  新疆绿洲棉花长期连作对土壤理化性状与土壤酶活性的影响
• 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。
• 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 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 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。
• 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