| 单词 | inkling |
| 释义 | inkling (once / 3491 pages) n Is someone yapping on and on and you only have the vaguest idea of what they're talking about? Then you understood just an inkling — a glimmer, a fraction — of what they were saying. Inkling can also mean a sly suggestion or faint implication. If someone drops a hint you're not wanted they've given you an inkling you're not wanted. The word comes from the medieval English word inclen, which suitably enough means "to utter in an undertone." In other words, what's really being said is in between the lines of what's actually being said on the surface. By now you've probably got the inkling that inklings can be sneaky things. WORD FAMILYinkling: inklings USAGE EXAMPLESThis is frightening, but there are inklings of a growing and more organized resistance movement led by students, teachers and parents. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) “I didn’t move to Nashville with any inkling or dreams of getting a record deal,” she said. New York Times(Dec 13, 2016) Few, if any, might have any inkling that just below them lies a world-class repository of research materials in a concrete-encased, climate-controlled book vault. New York Times(Nov 21, 2016) n a slight suggestion or vague understanding he had no inkling what was about to happen Syn|Hyper glimmer, glimmering, intimation suggestion an idea that is suggested |
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