inkling
inklingnoun- a slight knowledge or suspicion; a hint
粗浅的认识;细微的感觉;暗示,提示
the records give us an inkling of how people saw the world.
这些记录让我们粗略地了解过去人们对世界的看法。
语源- late Middle English (in the sense 'a mention in an undertone, a hint'): from the rare verb inkle 'utter in an undertone', of unknown origin
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