英语词汇“telltale”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tell·tale

(tĕltāl′)

1. One who informs on another; a talebearer.

2. Something that indicates or reveals information; a sign.

3. Any of various devices that indicate or register information, especially:

a. A time clock.

b. Nautical A length of yarn or ribbon attached to a shroud, stay, or sail of a sailboat, as to indicate the direction of the wind or the strength of the flow of air over the sail.

c. A row of strips hung above a railroad track to warn a passing train of low clearance ahead.

4. Sports A resonant metal strip, 24 or 30 inches (61 or 76 centimeters) high, across the bottom of the front wall of a racquets or squash court above which the ball must be hit.

单词	telltale
释义	tell·tale (tĕltāl′) n. 1. One who informs on another; a talebearer. 2. Something that indicates or reveals information; a sign. 3. Any of various devices that indicate or register information, especially: a. A time clock. b. Nautical A length of yarn or ribbon attached to a shroud, stay, or sail of a sailboat, as to indicate the direction of the wind or the strength of the flow of air over the sail. c. A row of strips hung above a railroad track to warn a passing train of low clearance ahead. 4. Sports A resonant metal strip, 24 or 30 inches (61 or 76 centimeters) high, across the bottom of the front wall of a racquets or squash court above which the ball must be hit.
随便看	rap session rap sheet rapt raptly raptor raptorial rapture rapturous rapturously rapturousness Raquette River rara avis rare rare rarebit rare earth rare-earth element raree show rarefaction rarefactive rarefiable rarefied rarefy rare gas rarely