| 单词 | to catch a person's drift |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto catch (also get) a person's drift to catch (also get) a person's drift: to understand the general intention or meaning of what someone is saying; (also) to catch (also get) the drift: to follow the direction of a discussion, argument, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] > reach understanding of > words or meaning takec1175 understanda1225 intenda1400 conceive?1526 accept1587 construe1622 to catch a person's drift1821 comprehend1860 to get on to ——1880 read1956 1821 tr. Athenæus in Q. Rev. Oct. 109 The audience know the tale, and catch your drift From a mere hint. 1881 Abstr. Evid. Wharves & Jetties 117 in Proc. Parl. S. Austral. II I don't think you catch the drift of my question. 1948 N. M. Gunn Shadow ii. 86 ‘That's where it lets you down. Or perhaps you don't think so.’ ‘I think I catch your drift,’ said Aunt Phemie. 1949 D. Sinclair Secret Riders Farm i. 12 Quite honestly I don't get the drift of this. 1966 Listener 26 May 765/1 One does not quite catch the drift of their byzantine prose. 1976 D. L. Lewis Public Image Henry Ford xxix. 470 Giving Stacey digs in the ribs to indicate that he caught the drift of the conversation. 1989 T. McMillan Disappearing Acts iii. 56 You ain't gotta jump ship just 'cause you think you might be sinking. You get my drift, girlfriend? 2013 E. Pass ACID lxi. 385 You're going to come down with a stomach upset... A bad one that means you have to stay in bed. Catch my drift? < as lemmas |
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