hint
英[h?nt]
美[h?nt]
- n. 暗示；線索
- vt. 暗示；示意
- vi. 示意
- n. (Hint)人名；(英)欣特；(法)安特
詞態變化
復數:?hints;第三人稱單數:?hints;過去式:?hinted;過去分詞:?hinted;現在分詞:?hinting;
中文詞源
hint 暗示
來自中古英語hinten,告知，通知，來自古英語hentan,抓住，詞源同hunt.引申詞義暗示。
英文詞源
- hint (n.)
- c. 1600, apparently from obsolete hent, from Middle English hinten "to tell, inform" (c. 1400), from Old English hentan "to seize," from Proto-Germanic *hantijan (cognates: Gothic hintan "to seize"), related to hunt (v.). Modern sense and spelling first attested in Shakespeare.
- hint (v.)
- 1640s, from hint (n.). Related: Hinted; hinting.
雙語例句
- 1. "I think I hear the telephone ringing."—"Okay, I can take a hint."
- “我想我聽到電話鈴在響。”——“好的，我明白你的意思了。”
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. She'd never received the merest hint of any communication from him.
- 她從未得到他準備溝通的一丁點兒暗示。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Diana took the hint and left them to it.
- 戴安娜會意，任由他們自己去解決。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. "What a pity," Graham said with a hint of sarcasm.
- “太遺憾了，”格雷厄姆略帶挖苦地說道。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. They neglect their duty at the least hint of fun elsewhere.
- 別處哪怕發生一丁點兒樂事，他們便會忘記自己的職責。
來自柯林斯例句