tell tale 的 2 个定义
- a person who heedlessly or maliciously reveals private or confidential matters; tattler; talebearer.
- a thing serving to reveal or disclose something.
- any of various indicating or registering devices, as a time clock.
- (8)
- that reveals or betrays what is not intended to be known: a telltale blush.
- giving notice or warning of something, as a mechanical device.
tell tale 近义词
等同于 tattle
更多tell tale例句
- As an example of good science-and-society policymaking, the history of fluoride may be more of a cautionary tale.
- 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 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!