Inkling



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 暗示, 迹象;略知, ? 拍?
• ［英］ n. 暗示, 迹象 ( hint) ; 略知, ? 拍?( slight knowledge of sth secret or not previously known)
• ［类］ inkling : indication / lapse : error ( 程度: 暗示指示 / 小错错误)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English yngkiling whisper, mention, probably from inclen to hint at; akin to Old English inca suspicion
• Date: 1513
• 1. a slight indication or suggestion ; hint, clue <there was no path—no inkling even of a track — New Yorker>
• 2. a slight knowledge or vague notion <had not the faintest inkling of what it was all about — H. W. Carter>

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