hint
n.(名词)
A slight indication or intimation:
线索、迹象:轻微的表示:
例句:
wanted to avoid any hint of scandal.
想要避免任何丑闻的迹象
A brief or indirect suggestion; a tip:
提示,注意事项:简洁或间接的建议;提示:
例句:
stock-trading hints.
股票交易注意事项
A statement conveying information in an indirect fashion; a clue:
暗示:间接地传达某一信息的话语;暗示:
例句:
Give me a hint about the big news.
关于重大新闻给我一点暗示吧
A barely perceptible amount:
微量: 肉眼几乎看不见的数量:
例句:
just a hint of color.
些微色彩
Archaic An occasion; an opportunity.
【古语】 机会;时机
v.(动词)
hint.ed,hint.ing,hints
v.tr.(及物动词)
To indicate or make known in an indirect manner.
暗示:以间接的方式表明
v.intr.(不及物动词)
To give a hint:
暗示,堤示:
例句:
wouldn`t hint at the true purpose of the meeting.See Synonyms at suggest
不会透露会议的真正目的参见 suggest
来源:
Probably from Middle English hinten, henten [to catch, grasp]
可能源自 中古英语 hinten, henten [抓住]
from Old English hentan
源自 古英语 hentan
【引伸】
hint.er
n.(名词)