| 单词 | hint |
| 释义 | hint I. 1. archaic < look about you ere the hint be past — Alexander Ross > 2. a. < a list of helpful hints for new students > b. < dropping hints … of something mysterious and important about to happen — Sherwood Anderson > < his failure for some years to declare himself definitely in the struggle against the Nazis laid him open to … hints of cowardice — H.J.Muller > 3. < when the … beat of a tom-tom rose without hint or introduction — William Beebe > < I can give only a hint of the treasures to be found in the … museum — Dana Burnet > 4. < friendly and cheerful with just the right hint of respect — Margaret Kennedy > : suspicion < carry out this task … without hint of favoritism — Peyton Boswell > : dash < turnip greens seasoned with a hint of vinegar > < a hint of nutmeg and a suspicion of orange-flower water — Elinor Wylie > 5. Scotland II. transitive verb 1. < hint a suspicion > < hinted that he would like to be invited > < your father hinted that the school wasn't good enough for you — Mary Austin > 2. < mighty ruins around the city hint a better past — Curtis Dahl > : presage, foreshadow, suggest < a cool, bright day, hinting Indian summer — John Muir > 3. < hint them along tactfully … toward the stuff that counts — Christopher Morley > intransitive verb 1. < hint broadly for the coveted invitation > < the face of the old retainer hinted of things still untold — T.B.Costain > — usually used with at < finally caught on to what he was hinting at > < little gusts of wind hinted at the storm to follow > 2. Scotland Synonyms: see suggest III. Scotland IV. Scotland V. 1. Scotland 2. Scotland VI. Scotland |
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