| 单词 | hint |
| 释义 | hint (once / 149 pages) 1nv 2n A hint is a slight indication or clue. Your mother might hint at the fact that she doesn’t like your shoes, while your grandmother will just come right out and say that they’re ugly. If you’re a journalist following a lead, you’ll prefer that your source give you all the facts, rather than just a hint. A hint can be an indirect suggestion and it is also a very small amount — maybe you take just a hint of sugar in your coffee. As a verb, hint is an intimation or subtle suggestion. It’s also something you drop, like when you hint that you want a particular video game for your birthday. WORD FAMILYhint: hinted, hinting, hints USAGE EXAMPLESThe Lions and Packers lean on their passing, but there were some hints of more balance Sunday. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) He never tells us what she died of, though there are hints that she committed suicide: “She succumbed to her own melancholy.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) The president’s next tweet hinted at progressive fears over Trump’s nomination of a number of climate change deniers to key positions in his cabinet. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) 1 1n an indirect suggestion Syn|Hyper breath, intimation proffer, proposition, suggestion a proposal offered for acceptance or rejection 2n an indication of potential opportunity Syn|Hyper confidential information, lead, steer, tip, wind counsel, counseling, counselling, direction, guidance something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action 3v drop a hint; intimate by a hint 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper suggest adumbrate, insinuate, intimate give to understand clue inprovide someone with a clue advert, allude, touchmake a more or less disguised reference to convey make known; pass on, of information 1n a slight indication Syn|Hyper clue indicant, indication something that serves to indicate or suggest 2n a slight but appreciable amount Syn|Hypo|Hyper jot, mite, pinch, soupcon, speck, tinge, touch snuff a pinch of smokeless tobacco inhaled at a single time small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude 3n a just detectable amount Syn|Hypo|Hyper suggestion, trace spark a small but noticeable trace of some quality that might become stronger small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
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