tell
- IPA[tel]
美式
- communicate information, facts, or news to someone in spoken or written words；order, instruct, or advise (someone) to do something
- (especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception.
verb: tell, 3rd person present: tells, gerund or present participle: telling, past tense: told, past participle: told
- 釋義
- 片語
動詞
- 1. communicate information, facts, or news to someone in spoken or written words I told her you were coming “We have nothing in common,” she told him 同義詞
- ▪ order, instruct, or advise (someone) to do something tell him to go away 同義詞
- ▪ narrate or relate (a tale or story) he tried to make the children laugh by telling jokes tell me the story again
- ▪ reveal (information) to someone in a nonverbal way the figures tell a different story the smile on her face told him everything 同義詞
- ▪ divulge confidential or private information promise you won't tell 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. decide or determine correctly or with certainty you can tell they're in love 同義詞
- ▪ distinguish (one person or thing) from another; perceive (the difference) between one person or thing and another I can't tell the difference between margarine and butter 同義詞
- 3. archaic count (the members of a series or group) the shepherd had told all his sheep
名詞
- 1. (especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception.
片語
- as far as one can tell
- I can tell you
- I tell you what
- I told you so
- tell it like it is
- tell its own story
- tell me about it
- tell me another
- tell time
- tell someone what to do with something
- tell someone where to get off
- that would be telling
- there is no telling
- you're telling me!
- tell against
- tell of
- tell off
- tell on
