| 释义 |
Adjective: telling teling- Disclosing unintentionally
"a telling smile"
- revealing, telltale - Powerfully persuasive
"a telling presentation"
- cogent, weighty - Producing a strong effect
"a telling gesture"
- impressive
Noun: telling teling- An act of narration
- relation, recounting - Informing by words
- apprisal, notification - Disclosing information or giving evidence about another
- tattle, singing
Verb: tell (told) tel- Express in words
"tell me what is bothering you"
- state, say - Let something be known
"Tell them that you will be late" - Narrate or give a detailed account of
"Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"
- narrate, recount, recite - Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority
"The mother told the child to get dressed"
- order, enjoin, say - Discern or comprehend
"He could tell that she was unhappy" - Inform positively and with certainty and confidence
"I tell you that man is a crook!"
- assure - Give evidence
"he was telling on all his former colleague"
- evidence - Mark as different
- distinguish, separate, differentiate, secern, secernate, severalize, severalise [Brit], tell apart
Derived forms: tellings See also: effective, effectual, efficacious, informative, informatory, persuasive, tale, tell apart, tell off, teller, tellingly Type of: affirm, assert, aver, avow, disclosure, express, give tongue to, guess, identify, infer, inform, informing, making known, narration, place, recital, request, revealing, revelation, swan, swear, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, verify, yarn Encyclopedia: Tell Tell, Texas Telling |