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单词 inkling
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ink•ling /ˈɪŋklɪŋ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a slight suggestion;
    hint:They gave us no inkling of what was going to happen.
  2. a slight understanding:I don't have an inkling of how it works.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ink•ling  (ingk′ling),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a slight suggestion or indication;
    hint;
    intimation:They hadn't given us an inkling of what was going to happen.
  2. a vague idea or notion;
    slight understanding:They didn't have an inkling of how the new invention worked.
  • 1505–15; obsolete inkle to hint (Middle English inklen) + -ing1; akin to Old English inca suspicion

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
inkling /ˈɪŋklɪŋ/ n
  1. a slight intimation or suggestion; suspicion
Etymology: 14th Century: probably from inclen to hint at; related to Old English inca
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