请输入您要查询的英文词组:

 

词组 cotton (on)to (someone or something)
释义

cotton (on)to (someone or something)

cotton (on)to (someone or something)

1. To like someone or something; to view someone or something favorably. It takes me a while to cotton to new people—I have to get to know them first. After we explained our plan again, the rest of the group seemed to cotton onto it.
2. To begin to understand something. Thanks for explaining that concept to me—I think I'm cottoning onto it now.
See also: cotton
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

cotton (on)to someone or something

Rur. to begin to like or agree to someone or something quickly. She began to cotton to Fred, despite his country ways. She cottoned onto Jane's way of thinking.
See also: cotton
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

cotton to

1. Take a liking to, get along with, as in This dog doesn't cotton to strangers. Although this verbal phrase comes from the noun for the fabric, the semantic connection between these parts of speech is unclear. [Early 1800s]
2. Also, cotton on to. Come to understand, grasp, as in She didn't really cotton on to what I was saying. [Colloquial; early 1900s]
See also: cotton
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

cotton onto

v.
To come to understand something: I finally cottoned onto the new method.
See also: cotton

cotton to

v.
1. To take a liking to someone or something: That dog doesn't cotton to strangers.
2. To come to understand something: I finally cottoned to the new computer system.
See also: cotton
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • better of
  • be/have done with somebody/something
  • begin with
  • begin with (someone or something)
  • be in line with (someone or something)
  • (someone or something) promises well
  • bird has flown, the
  • beware of
  • beware of (someone or something)
  • be rough on (someone or something)
随便看
  • the pick of (something)
  • the pick of the bunch
  • the picture of health
  • the picture of (something)
  • the pill
  • the pink dollar
  • the pink pound
  • the pitcher will go to the well once too often
  • the pit of (one's) stomach
  • the pit of the stomach
  • the pit of your stomach
  • the pit of your/the stomach
  • the pits
  • the pits, (it's)
  • the pièce de résistance
  • the place to be
  • the plate
  • the plot thickens
  • the plural of anecdote is not data
  • the point of no return
  • the pointy end
  • the pokey
  • the poor man's
  • the poor man's something
  • the pope's mustard maker

 

英语词组固定搭配大全包含80862条英汉双解词组,基本涵盖了全部常用英文词组、短语的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2025/9/4 15:02:01