| 单词 | to tell apart |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tell apart to tell apart transitive. To distinguish (two or more things) from one another. ΚΠ 1792 J. Luffman Passions & their Effects 131 He had one [sc. a flute] at home which was so very similar to that he now saw, that it would be difficult to tell them apart. 1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 112 You know we are so much alike that strangers never can tell us apart. 1862 C. L. Balch Pract. Lat. Gram. iii. 6 There are five declensions... We tell them apart by the ending of the genitive singular. 1908 N. L. Britton N. Amer. Trees 805 It has been supposed that the so-called Red ash and Green ash could be told apart by the velvety twigs of the former and the smooth ones of the latter. 1925 A. Loos Gentlemen prefer Blondes iv. 111 How are we going to tell you gentlemen apart? 1982 B. Chatwin On Black Hill i. 10 As boys, only their mother could tell them apart. 2013 Daily Tel. 25 Apr. 23/4 Telling birds apart from the noise they make isn't always straightforward. < as lemmas |
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