| 单词 | tell |
| 释义 | tell I. transitive verb 1. < tell the stars, if thou be able to number them — Gen 15:5 (Authorized Version) > < walked round the walls and told the towers — Rose Macaulay > < all told there were 27 public schools — C.L.Jones > as a. b. obsolete 2. a. < one of her recipes … tells how to make maple syrup dumplings — Rose Feld > < telling a boastful story — J.V.Allen > < dancers told ancient legends with tradition's rhythms and gestures — National Geographic > b. < to tell you the truth, I don't really remember — Lenard Kaufman > < a man in high position utters an accusation or tells a lie — Gilbert Seldes > < give me a chance to tell Kit good-by — Hamilton Basso > 3. a. < tell the news > < tell your name > : reveal, manifest < fossils tell much about the past > < more than words, his movements, gestures told his evident delight in ballet — Cyril Cusack > < followed suit with an ungainly stiffness which told how much at sea he felt — T.B.Costain > b. < cannot tell how sorry I am > 4. a. < I'll tell him as soon as he comes > < tell executives and employees of our policies and plans — Milton Hall > < told his listeners about his vacation — Current Biography > b. < he said all of it in a flat, business voice that told you nothing more or less than the words said — Wirt Williams > < no book could really tell you what a hell of a feeling it was — Gwyn Thomas > < nobody could tell her anything — Edith Sitwell > < the victim's subconscious generally tells him something is wrong as soon as the prowler enters — Rufus Jarman > < his eyes told him that the walls were festooned with flowers — T.B.Costain > c. < he did not do it, I tell you > < we are distinctly told that he did not buy it — Douglas Carruthers > 5. < told her to wait > 6. < how if it is unpublished can you tell that it is a masterpiece — John Barkham > < the patrol officer can tell whether things are normal or abnormal — R.L.Anderson > < usually one couldn't tell much about the writer from the letter of a not very well-educated woman — Elizabeth Goudge > < management can tell, by its own observation, whether a man is capable of leadership — Bruce Payne > intransitive verb 1. < wrote an article telling of his experiences > < the twelve contributors tell of modern man — F.E.Hill > 2. < who can tell > < you can't tell about drunks — S.H.Holbrook > 3. < the sister told on him, though he tried to shush her — John Dollard > < never told on each other, no matter what happened — C.T.Jackson > < I'll get even with you if you ever tell on me — Inside Detective > 4. dialect England 5. < events of the past two or three weeks were beginning to tell on her nerves — Edna Ferber > < the influence of the school had begun to tell — Robert Littell > < a great many garments of the highest quality and all designed for overseas markets where quality tells — D.E.Keir > < the long hours, the close confinement, and the strain of having to stand behind a counter from eight o'clock in the morning till eight o'clock at night was beginning to tell upon her — J.C.Snaith > 6. < the calculating look in his eyes that told of his Norman blood — T.B.Costain > < the arid sands that tell of desert days will still show angled stones that forgotten winds have carved — W.E.Swinton > 7. < evidence that you were riding at a race meeting will tell strongly against you in the subsequent police proceedings — Punch > < he remains so disfigured that appearances will always tell against him — Dixon Wecter > Synonyms: see count, reveal II. dialect < have a tell with you — Eden Phillpotts > III. |
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