| 单词 | to have, get an inkling | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have, get an inkling (of something)  a.  A hint or slight intimation received; hence, a slight or vague knowledge or notion, however acquired; a suspicion; esp. in phrase  to have, get an inkling (of something). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > 			[noun]		 > slight knowledge inkling1546 inkleth1568 umbrage1669 notion1698 conception1796 1546    J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue  ii. viii. sig. Kiii  				He by gesse had got an ynklyng Of hir hoord. 1604    T. Wright Passions of Minde 		(new ed.)	  iv. §4. 191  				Our memorie is such, that if it conceiue but an inckling of any matter..our understanding followeth it. 1628    R. Sanderson Two Serm. Paules-Crosse  ii. 96  				Neuer had..so much as the least inckling of the Doctrine of Saluation. 1755    J. G. Cooper in  World 6 Feb. 663  				The government.. begins to entertain an idea, or, as the vulgar phrase it, to have an inkling of the matter. 1765    S. Foote Commissary  i. 20  				If he gets but an inkling, but the slightest suspicion, our project is marr'd. 1846    J. W. Croker in  Croker Papers 10 July 		(1884)	 III  				Not one of them had the least inkling of the kind of speech he was about to make. 1852    H. Rogers Eclipse of Faith 285  				To transform a dim inkling of a truth into an intelligent, vital, conscious recognition of it. < as lemmas | 
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