| 单词 | tauld |
| 释义 | tauld in British English (tɔːld) verb a Scots past tense and past participle of tell1 tell in British English 1 (tɛl) verbWord forms: tells, telling or told 1. (when tr, may take a clause as object) to let know; notify he told me that he would go 2. (transitive) to order or instruct (someone to do something) I told her to send the letter airmail 3. (when intr, usually foll by of) to give an account or narration (of something) she told me her troubles 4. (transitive) to communicate by words; utter to tell the truth 5. (transitive) to make known; disclose to tell fortunes 6. (intransitive; often foll by of) to serve as an indication her blush told of her embarrassment 7. (tr; used with can, etc; may take a clause as object) to comprehend, discover, or discern I can tell what is wrong 8. (tr; used with can, etc) to distinguish or discriminate he couldn't tell chalk from cheese 9. (intransitive) to have or produce an impact, effect, or strain every step told on his bruised feet 10. (intransitive; sometimes foll by on) informal to reveal secrets or gossip (about) don't tell! she told on him 11. (transitive) to assure I tell you, I've had enough! 12. (transitive) to count (votes) 13. (intransitive) dialect to talk or chatter 14. informal, mainly US to tell the truth no matter how unpleasant it is 15. tell the time 16. you're telling me Derived forms tellable (ˈtellable) adjective Word origin Old English tellan; related to Old Saxon tellian, Old High German zellen to tell, count, Old Norse telja |
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