cotton on
phrasal verbwithcottonverbuk/ˈkɒt.ən/us/ˈkɑː.t̬ən/
informaltobegintounderstandasituationorfact:
明白,领会I'd only just cottoned ontothefactthat they were having arelationship.我那时才明白他们在谈恋爱。
Understanding and comprehending
- apprehend
- apprehensible
- apprehension
- astutely
- atyourfingertipsidiom
- connection
- figure
- hold
- keepsomeoneup
- know a hawk from a handsawidiom
- know the scoreidiom
- know/see wheresomeoneis coming fromidiom
- latch
- scale
- uncomprehendingly
- understand
- voice recognition
- wake up tosomething
- wisdom
- wise