cotton to

• • [口语]
  • 对…产生好感，喜欢；成为朋友：

    That dog doesn't cotton to strangers.

    那只狗不喜欢陌生人。

  • 意识到，终于明白；理解：

    He didn't cotton to that his daughter had gone so far as to say that to him.

    他没意识到他的女儿竟会向他讲出这种话。

  • 同意，赞成：

    to cotton to a suggestion

    赞成一项建议