英语词汇“to tell one's tale”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. to tell one's tale: to relate one's story; (also) to say what one has to say, to deliver one's message.Quot. 1645 probably belongs here, though some editors of Milton have referred it to sense 17, taking it as ‘counts his number or sum (i.e. of sheep)’.

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society > communication > information > message > send a message or messenger [verb (transitive)] > deliver one's message

to tell one's taleOE

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > tell a story [verb (intransitive)]

to tell one's taleOE

narrate1795

to spin a yarn1819

yarn1859

to spin a twist1867

OE Royal Charter: William I to Archbishops, Bishops, & Others, supporting Rights of Abbot Baldwin in D. C. Douglas Feudal Documents Abbey Bury St. Edmunds (1932) 53 Se biscop tealde ful gerædelice his tale gif hit soð wære.

c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 552 Þer com þe fischer priueliche, & puked þemperour softliche: His tale to him he told.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 3174 Sorwfulli to that sche preide He tolde his tale.

c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 3140 (MED) Tofore þe kyng on knee he duelleþ, And gentillich his tale he telleþ.

a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (1999) II. l. 11300 Many men in pleting..to telle her tale abaisshed be.

1539 R. Morison Invective ayenste Treason sig. F They..dyd moch wonder that day, to here him tel his tale.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 252 Good vncle tell your tale, I haue done.

1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 33 And every Shepherd tells his tale Under the Hawthorn in the dale.

1790 Edinb. Herald 8 Sept. 1/4 The Gaberlunzie tirils my sneck, And shiv'ring tells his waefu' tale.

1883 Cent. Mag. Nov. 86/2 He knows all their secrets,—butcher, baker, coal-dealer, tailor, milliner, mantua-maker, servants, all tell their tales to him.

1953 Life 8 June 35/1 To protect his honor and his children, Georgescu had told his tale to the State Department.

2001 N.Y. Times 3 June v. 16/1 The crime took place at 1 p.m., and I went to the Marylebone Police Station and told my tale to a harried sergeant.

单词	to tell one's tale
释义	> as lemmas to tell one's tale a. to tell one's tale: to relate one's story; (also) to say what one has to say, to deliver one's message.Quot. 1645 probably belongs here, though some editors of Milton have referred it to sense 17, taking it as ‘counts his number or sum (i.e. of sheep)’. ΘΚΠ society > communication > information > message > send a message or messenger [verb (transitive)] > deliver one's message to tell one's taleOE society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > tell a story [verb (intransitive)] to tell one's taleOE narrate1795 to spin a yarn1819 yarn1859 to spin a twist1867 OE Royal Charter: William I to Archbishops, Bishops, & Others, supporting Rights of Abbot Baldwin in D. C. Douglas Feudal Documents Abbey Bury St. Edmunds (1932) 53 Se biscop tealde ful gerædelice his tale gif hit soð wære. c1330 (?a1300) Guy of Warwick (Auch.) p. 552 Þer com þe fischer priueliche, & puked þemperour softliche: His tale to him he told. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) i. l. 3174 Sorwfulli to that sche preide He tolde his tale. c1400 (?a1300) Kyng Alisaunder (Laud) (1952) l. 3140 (MED) Tofore þe kyng on knee he duelleþ, And gentillich his tale he telleþ. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (1999) II. l. 11300 Many men in pleting..to telle her tale abaisshed be. 1539 R. Morison Invective ayenste Treason sig. F They..dyd moch wonder that day, to here him tel his tale. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 252 Good vncle tell your tale, I haue done. View more context for this quotation 1645 J. Milton L'Allegro in Poems 33 And every Shepherd tells his tale Under the Hawthorn in the dale. 1790 Edinb. Herald 8 Sept. 1/4 The Gaberlunzie tirils my sneck, And shiv'ring tells his waefu' tale. 1883 Cent. Mag. Nov. 86/2 He knows all their secrets,—butcher, baker, coal-dealer, tailor, milliner, mantua-maker, servants, all tell their tales to him. 1953 Life 8 June 35/1 To protect his honor and his children, Georgescu had told his tale to the State Department. 2001 N.Y. Times 3 June v. 16/1 The crime took place at 1 p.m., and I went to the Marylebone Police Station and told my tale to a harried sergeant. extracted from tellv. < as lemmas
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