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单词 inkling
释义 in·kling
\ˈiŋkliŋ, -lēŋ, esp in sense 1 -lə̇n\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English yngkiling, probably from gerund of inclen to hint at, indicate; akin to Old English inca suspicion, doubt, quarrel, Old Frisian jink angry, Old Norse ekki pain, Lithuanian ingis sluggard, Old Slavic jędza illness
1. dialect chiefly England
 a. : a faintly perceptible sound : undertone
  < could not hear an inkling of his breathing — Elizabeth Enright >
 b. : rumor
2.
 a. : a faint or slight suggestion : hint, intimation
  < there was no path — no inkling even of a track — New Yorker >
  < give only a dim inkling of its native intelligence — H.J.Morgenthau >
 b. : a slight knowledge or vague notion
  < had not the faintest inkling of what it was all about — H.W.Carter >
  < got his first inklings as to the roles of natural selection — E.H.Colbert >
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