ink·ling /ˈɪŋklɪŋ/ n. 1. 暗示；迹象 (of) I gave her an inkling of her shortcomings. 我以含蓄的话指出了她的缺点。 There was no path—no inkling even of a track. 没有通道，甚至连有人踩过的小径的影子也没有。 2. 略知，模糊概念(of) He had by now an inkling of the factors involved. 到这时候他总算对涉及到的各种因素略知一二了。 We knew that he was out of town but we had no inkling of where. 我们知道他不在市内，但是究竟在何处，我们却一无所知。 [<INKL(E)¹ ＋ -ING¹]