| 单词 | tell fortunes |
| 释义 | tell fortunes tell sb's fortune (ALSO tell fortunes) F0 to say what will happen in someone's future: » At the fair, there was a lady who told your fortune.Thesaurus+: ↑Predicting things and intuitionMain Entry: ↑tell tell /tel/ verb (told, told) (KNOW) ↑Verb Endings for tell B2 [I or T] to know, recognize, or be certain: » "He's Dutch." "How can you tell?"» [+ (that)] I could tell (that) you were unhappy.Thesaurus+: ↑Knowing and learningB2 [T] If something tells you something, it gives you information: » What does the survey tell us about the lives of teenagers?tell the differenceC1 to notice a difference in quality between two things: » This coffee is about half the price of that one and yet you really can't tell the difference.Thesaurus+: ↑Identifyingtell sb's fortune (ALSO tell fortunes)F0 to say what will happen in someone's future: » At the fair, there was a lady who told your fortune.Thesaurus+: ↑Predicting things and intuitiontell the timeF0 to be able to understand a clock: » My daughter has just learned to tell the time.Thesaurus+: ↑Watches and clocksthere is no tellingF0 there is no way of knowing: » There is no telling what the future will hold for them.Thesaurus+: ↑Predicting things and intuitionyou never can tell B2 (ALSO you can never tell)F0 said to mean that you can never know or be certain: » Who knows what will happen to Peter and me in the future - you can never tell.Thesaurus+: ↑Uncertainty , ↑Hesitating , ↑Achievable• • • Extra Examples:» I could tell from her expression that something serious had happened.» You can tell it's autumn because the leaves have started to fall.» Who can tell what the future holds?» Can you tell the the difference between poisonous mushrooms and edible varieties?» I could tell he was really upset, though he tried not to show it. |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含67674条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。