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

• 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
• But, Tudor Jones first cut his teeth trading cotton on exchanges, where limits were in force. And that colours his views.
  但是，琼斯最初是在实施价格限制的交易所棉花交易中获得从业经验的，并由此形成了自己的看法。
• It took me a while to cotton on to what was happening.
  过了一会我才明白发生了什么事。
• 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 cotton grows on the plant as long hairs attached to the seeds inside the boll.
  棉花在植株上作为附着在种籽上的长茸毛在棉铃里生长发育。
• 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 paper focused on the effects of transgenic crops and their residues, particularly the insect-resistant transgenic cotton, on various organisms in the rhizosphere in the soil.
  本文综述了近年来转基因作物对土壤微生物群落影响的研究进展，并且着重介绍了转基因抗虫棉对根际微生物多样性影响的研究进展。
• Effect of Transgenic Cotton on the Population Dynamics of Insect in Sichuan Cotton Region
  四川棉区转基因抗虫棉对棉田昆虫群落的影响
• 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
• This district grew cotton on a large scale.
  这个地区过去大量种棉花。