inkling
/ˈɪŋklɪŋ/noun
- 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当时人们对世界的看法。
词源
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.