cotton on
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cotton on (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 cottons on,現在分詞 cottoning on,一般過去時及過去分詞 cottoned on)
- (不及物) 理解
- 近義詞: glom on
- 2019 7月 30, Rowena Mason, “Dominic Cummings said Tory MPs do not care about poor people or NHS”, 出自 The Guardian[1]:
- “That is what most people in the country have thought about the Tory party for decades. […] Tory MPs largely do not care about these poorer people. They don’t care about the NHS. And the public has kind of cottoned on to that.”
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- 2023 7月 9, Annie Lowrey, “Open Your Mind to Unicorn Meat”, 出自 The Atlantic[2]:
- In the late aughts, a number of entrepreneurs cottoned on to the idea of reducing emissions by producing fake meat that carnivores could love.
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