单词 | tales |
释义 | tales /tāˈlēz/ (orig pl; law)nounThe filling up, from those who are present, of a deficiency in the number of jurors ORIGIN: From the phrase tālēs de circumstantibus such of the bystanders; tālēs, pl of L tālis such talesman /tāˈlēz-mən or tālzˈmən/ noun A bystander chosen to make up a deficiency in a jury pray a tales To plead that the number of jurors be completed in this way tale /tāl/noun
ORIGIN: OE talu story, number; Ger Zahl number taleˈful adjective Full of stories taleˈbearer noun Someone who gossips idly or maliciously passes on (esp discreditable) information about others, esp to someone in authority taleˈbearing noun and adjective taleˈ-teller noun
taleˈ-telling noun be in a (or one) tale (archaic) To be in full agreement old wives' tale
tell a tale To disclose something important tell one's (or its) own tale To speak for oneself or itself tell tales To gossip or pass on (discreditable) information about others, to be a talebearer tell tales out of school To reveal confidential matters |
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