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| 词汇 | cotton on |
| 释义 | Phr V cotton on cottons, cottoning, cottoned cotton on informal to begin to understand a situation or factI didn't know he was the spy and it took me a while to cotton on. often + toI'd only just cottoned on to the fact that they were having a relationship. cotton on ⇨ cotton on to; cotton on; cotton toverb to form, or have, a liking or fancy for something or someone; to understand or come to understand AUSTRALIA, 1907cotton on BrE informal to start to understand or realize something: I dropped about six hints before he finally cottoned on.+to At last fashion shops are cottoning on to the fact that it's not only slim women who want to buy their clothes.■ SIMILAR TO: catch on cotton onTo begin to understand something; to grasp fully; to catch on. Primarily heard in UK. It took me a few moments to cotton on, but I soon realized that they were talking about me. |
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