tell
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 告诉，说，吩咐，断定，知道
- vi.
- 讲述，泄密，告发，表明
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词源说明
From Middle English tellen (“to count, tell”), from Old English tellan (“to count, tell”), from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną, *talzijaną (“to count, enumerate”), from Proto-Germanic *talą, *talō (“number, counting”), from Proto-Indo-European *dol- (“calculation, fraud”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian tälle (“to say; tell”), West Frisian telle (“to count”), West Frisian fertelle (“to tell, narrate”), Dutch tellen (“to count”) and Dutch vertellen (“to tell”), Low German tellen (“to count”), German zählen, Faroese telja, Swedish tala (“to speak”). More at tale.
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- Mental senses related to determining, reckoning, or perceiving
- Social senses of communicating
- Abstract senses related to showing or revealing
名词 Noun
- A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.
- (informal) A giveaway; something that unintentionally reveals or hints at a secret.
- (archaic) That which is told; a tale or account.
- (Internet) A private message