| 单词 | to give an inkling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto give (one) an inkling (of something) a. A hint, a slight intimation, or suggestion; usually to give (one) an inkling (of something). ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [noun] feelc1485 inkling1529 intimation1531 insinuation1532 by-warning1542 byword1542 item1561 cue1565 air1567 vent1613 insusurration1614 hinta1616 injection1622 indication1626 infusion1641 side glance1693 ground bass1699 touch1706 side view1747 sidewipe1757 allusion1766 penumbra1770 breath1795 slyness1823 by-hint1853 light1854 shove1857 suggestion1863 sous-entendu1865 point1870 sidewiper1870 sniff1936 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes ii, in Wks. 191/1 But I put case now yt ye had an inkeling or els a playne warning, yt some of them were hys enemies. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 38/1 Whyther hee..knewe that hee suche thynge purposed, or otherwyse had anye inkelynge thereof. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. xxiii. 110 Geuyng an incklyng of his secound cummyng. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Thess. Argt. f. i Signifying vnto them as it were with priuie ynclynges, that there were some among them, whiche were not yet altogether pure. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vi. f. 113 To the entente no inglynge shoulde appeare of this newe counsaile, he caused it to be proclaimed that the armye should set forwardes the next daye. c1571 E. Campion Two Bks. Hist. Ireland (1963) ii. x. 145 I have saide enoughe, especially to a learned governor, to whome an inclinge weare sufficient. 1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples i. 77 There were many papers..wherein there were inklings given. 1682 J. Bunyan Holy War 287 I have received from this good Truth-teller this one inkling further. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela II. 341 I have had some Inkling given me, that you might, if you pleased, augment that Estate. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xiii. v. 482 If the least inkling of it ooze out, he shall have right to deny it. < as lemmas |
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