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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He seems to cotton on quickly.
  他似乎理解事物很快。
• 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。
• 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
• 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。
• The Effect of Enzyme Pretreatment of Cotton Fabrics on Pigment Dyeing
  生物酶前处理对棉织物涂料染色效果的影响
• 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
• 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