| 单词 | to cotton on to |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto cotton on to 8. Colloquial phrase to cotton on to: (a) to become attached to; to form a liking for; (b) to understand; to get to know about; also to cotton on, to ‘catch on’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > liking or favourable regard > have liking for [verb (transitive)] > take a liking to fain1483 fancy1545 conceit1589 to take kindly to1733 to take to ——1748 to take a shine to1839 tumble1887 to cotton on to1907 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (intransitive)] > reach understanding of reach1582 tumble1846 to catch on1882 waken1899 to wise up1905 to tune in1926 to cotton on1929 plug1948 latch1954 1907 H. Lawson in W. Murdoch & H. Drake-Brockman Austral. Short Stories (1951) 85 I s'pose the fact of the matter was that she didn't cotton on to me, and wanted to let me down easy. 1922 D. H. Lawrence England my England 106 Oh..I didn't want to... Didn't want to—didn't cotton on, like. 1929 W. P. Ridge Affect. Regards 137 I was one of the few that didn't cotton on to it. 1934 Concise Oxf. Dict. Add. Cotton on (to) (slang), understand. 1936 J. Tickell See how they Run i. 4 I don't seem to cotton on to German somehow. 1940 ‘N. Shute’ Landfall 198 ‘How long have they been doing this?’ ‘God knows. We've only just cottoned on to it.’ 1959 Observer 8 Nov. 4/6 I can see how to put things over. I cotton on quick. < as lemmas |
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