• n. 暗示；線索
• vt. 暗示；示意
• vi. 示意
• n. (Hint)人名；(英)欣特；(法)安特

來自中古英語hinten,告知，通知，來自古英語hentan,抓住，詞源同hunt.引申詞義暗示。

hint (n.)

c. 1600, apparently from obsolete hent, from Middle English hinten "to tell, inform" (c. 1400), from Old English hentan "to seize," from Proto-Germanic *hantijan (cognates: Gothic hintan "to seize"), related to hunt (v.). Modern sense and spelling first attested in Shakespeare.

hint (v.)

1640s, from hint (n.). Related: Hinted; hinting.

1. "I think I hear the telephone ringing."—"Okay, I can take a hint."

“我想我聽到電話鈴在響。”——“好的，我明白你的意思了。”

來自柯林斯例句

2. She'd never received the merest hint of any communication from him.

她從未得到他準備溝通的一丁點兒暗示。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Diana took the hint and left them to it.

戴安娜會意，任由他們自己去解決。

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4. "What a pity," Graham said with a hint of sarcasm.

“太遺憾了，”格雷厄姆略帶挖苦地說道。

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5. They neglect their duty at the least hint of fun elsewhere.

別處哪怕發(fā)生一丁點兒樂事，他們便會忘記自己的職責。

來自柯林斯例句