• n. 暗示；略知；模糊概念
• v. 暗示 （inkle的ing形式）；略知；低聲說出

詞源不詳，可能來自古英語inca,懷疑，疑慮。

inkling (n.)

c. 1400, apparently from the gerund of Middle English verb inclen "utter in an undertone, hint at, hint" (mid-14c.), which is of unknown origin; perhaps related to Old English inca "doubt, suspicion."

1. We had an inkling that something might be happening.

我們隱約感覺可能正有什么事情發生。

來自柯林斯例句

2. He had no inkling of what was going on.

他對正在發生的事情一無所知。

來自《權威詞典》

3. He gave me an inkling of what was to come.

他給我暗示將要發生什么事.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. An inkling of untoward deeds on the part of Hurstwood had come.

現在終于讓她得知了一點赫斯渥行為不軌的消息.

來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹

5. As for me , I began to have an inkling.

我倒是漸漸明白過來了.

來自英漢文學 - 金銀島