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单词 hint
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hint
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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 FAMILY
hint: hinted, hinting, hints
USAGE EXAMPLES
The 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
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
suggest
adumbrate, insinuate, intimate
give to understand
clue in
provide someone with a clue
advert, allude, touch
make a more or less disguised reference to
convey
make known; pass on, of information
2
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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