hint
英[hɪnt]美[hɪnt]
- n. 暗示；线索
- vt. 暗示；示意
- vi. 示意
- n. (Hint)人名；(英)欣特；(法)安特
词态变化
复数: hints;第三人称单数: hints;过去式: hinted;过去分词: hinted;现在分词: hinting;
中文词源
hint 暗示
来自中古英语hinten,告知，通知，来自古英语hentan,抓住，词源同hunt.引申词义暗示。
英文词源
- 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 hinþan "to seize"), related to hunt (v.). Modern sense and spelling first attested in Shakespeare.
- hint (v.)
- 1640s, from hint (n.). Related: Hinted; hinting.
双语例句
- 1. "I think I hear the telephone ringing."—"Okay, I can take a hint."
- “我想我听到电话铃在响。”——“好的，我明白你的意思了。”
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. She'd never received the merest hint of any communication from him.
- 她从未得到他准备沟通的一丁点儿暗示。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Diana took the hint and left them to it.
- 戴安娜会意，任由他们自己去解决。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. "What a pity," Graham said with a hint of sarcasm.
- “太遗憾了，”格雷厄姆略带挖苦地说道。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. They neglect their duty at the least hint of fun elsewhere.
- 别处哪怕发生一丁点儿乐事，他们便会忘记自己的职责。
来自柯林斯例句