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单词 tell tales out of school
释义

tale /tāl/

noun
  1. A narrative, story
  2. An act of telling
  3. A false story
  4. A mere story
  5. (in pl) things told idly or to get others into trouble
  6. Number, total (archaic)
  7. Reckoning (archaic)
  8. Discourse, talk (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OE talu story, number; Ger Zahl number

taleˈful adjective

Full of stories

taleˈbearer noun

Someone who gossips idly or maliciously passes on (esp discreditable) information about others, esp to someone in authority

taleˈbearing noun and adjective

taleˈ-teller noun

  1. A teller of stories, narrator
  2. A talebearer

taleˈ-telling noun

be in a (or one) tale (archaic)

To be in full agreement

old wives' tale

  1. A superstitious or misleading story, explanation or precept
  2. Any extraordinary tale that makes demands on one's credulity

tell a tale

To disclose something important

tell one's (or its) own tale

To speak for oneself or itself

tell tales

To gossip or pass on (discreditable) information about others, to be a talebearer

tell tales out of school

To reveal confidential matters

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