tell
告知,讲述,告诫,告知对方
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Definitions
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told, tell·ing.
- : to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate: to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
- : to make known by speech or writing; communicate.
- : to announce or proclaim.
- : to utter.
- : to express in words.
- : to reveal or divulge.
- : to say plainly or positively: I cannot tell just what was done.
- : to discern or recognize so as to be able to identify or describe: Can you tell who that is over there?
- : to distinguish; discriminate; ascertain: You could hardly tell the difference between them.
- : to inform of something: He told me his name.
- : to assure emphatically: I won't, I tell you!
- : to bid, order, or command: Tell him to stop.
- : to mention one after another, as in enumerating; count or set one by one or in exact amount: to tell the cattle in a herd; All told there were 17 if we are correct.
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told, tell·ing.
- : to give an account or report: Tell me about your trip.
- : to give evidence or be an indication: The ruined temples told of an ancient culture, long since passed from existence.
- : to disclose something secret or private; inform; tattle: She knows who did it, but she won't tell.
- : to say positively; determine; predict: Who can tell?
- : to have force or effect; operate effectively: a contest in which every stroke tells.
- : to produce a marked or severe effect: The strain was telling on his health.
- : British Dialect. to talk or chat.
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- : tell off, to separate from the whole and assign to a particular duty.Informal.to rebuke severely; scold: It was about time that someone told him off.
- : tell on, to tattle on.
Phrases
- tell apart
- tell a thing or two
- tell it like it is
- tell it to the Marines
- tell me
- tell off
- tell on
- tell someone where to get off
- tell tales
- tell time
- do tell
- kiss and tell
- show and tell
- something tells me
- there's no telling
- thing or two, tell a
- time will tell
- which is which, tell
- you never can tell
- you're telling me
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
One of the topics I discussed was self-talk, which in the endurance world is basically the idea that telling yourself “You can do this!”
When confronted by PG&E investigators, Huggins told the investigators he had paid the $16,750 bill in cash, which he happened to have on hand in his house.
Her grandson later reached out to Botros to thank him personally — and told him that the woman called all of her friends and urged them to get their shots, too.
The agents were telling him that they could lock him up for the rest of his life.
I feel his silence gives her permission to be unkind and tells me that I don't matter to him.
As far as I can tell, this magazine spent as much time making fun of French politicians as it did of Muslims or Islam.
Police, their representatives and supporters tell us, ensure our freedom of speech through our ability to protest.
“Jeffrey wanted me to tell you that you looked so pretty,” the female voice said into my disbelieving ear.
They were going to tell their story, consequences be damned.
And I tell Ollie, just look at me, because they just pulled out the pistolas.
And to tell the truth, she couldn't help wishing he could see, so he could make the game livelier.
Ages back—let musty geologists tell us how long ago—'twas a lake, larger than the Lake of Geneva.
Each day she resolved, "To-morrow I will tell Felipe;" and when to-morrow came, she put it off again.
He wanted to tell her that if she called her father, it would mean the end of everything for them, but he withheld this.
Monsieur,” growls the baron, “stone walls have ears, you say if only they had tongues; what tales these could tell!