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
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詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?hints;第三人稱單數(shù):?hints;過去式:?hinted;過去分詞:?hinted;現(xiàn)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?！薄昂玫?，我明白你的意思了?！?/dd>

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(zhǔn)備溝通的一丁點(diǎn)兒暗示。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Diana took the hint and left them to it.
戴安娜會(huì)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(fā)生一丁點(diǎn)兒樂事，他們便會(huì)忘記自己的職責(zé)。

來自柯林斯例句