| 单词 | to tell a story |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tell a story e. figurative. A particular set of past or present circumstances, as revealed or indicated by an object, image, etc. Frequently in to tell a story (cf. every picture tells a story at picture n. Phrases 3). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > [noun] > an indication or sign tokeningc888 fingereOE senyeOE markOE showing?c1225 blossomc1230 signa1325 signifyingc1384 evidencea1393 notea1398 forbysena1400 kenninga1400 knowinga1400 showerc1400 unningc1400 signala1413 signification?a1425 demonstrancec1425 cenyc1440 likelinessc1450 ensign1474 signifure?a1475 outshowinga1500 significativea1500 witter1513 precedent1518 intimation1531 signifier1532 meith1533 monument1536 indicion?1541 likelihood1541 significator1554 manifest1561 show1561 evidency1570 token-teller1574 betokener1587 calendar1590 instance1590 testificate1590 significant1598 crisis1606 index1607 impression1613 denotementa1616 story1620 remark1624 indicium1625 denotation1633 indice1636 signum1643 indiction1653 trace1656 demonstrator1657 indication1660 notationa1661 significatory1660 indicator1666 betrayer1678 demonstration1684 smell1691 wittering1781 notaa1790 blazonry1850 sign vehicle1909 marker1919 rumble1927 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster iii. 38 How that foolish men that reade the story of a womans face, And dyes beleeuing it is lost for euer. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. vi. 169 Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning. 1866 P. B. St. John Sailor Crusoe xliii. 61/2 But that which chiefly astonished me..was the ghastly story revealed by the sight which presented itself to my eyes. 1908 C. McLeod Heart of Stranger vi. 83 The hardness of his face told a story which every one wondered at in one so young. 1932 Boys' Life Sept. 39/2 The jagged hole told its own story and the sailor ran for a line. 2011 Daily Tel. 20 July 26/4 If those figures tell a story, it's one that's hardly new. < as lemmas |
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