tell n. 【考古】(层层覆盖古代遗址的)人工丘阜。 vt. (told ) 1.讲;说。 2.告诉,吩咐,命令(某人做某事) (to do sth.); 指示 (where; that; how; what)。 3.泄漏(秘密等),明白说出,吐露。 4.断定说,保证。 5.辨别,区别 (from); 决定;知道,明白,了解。 6.点数。 I'm telling you. 〔美俚〕注意听我说(这是很重要的)。 T- (sb.) good-bye. 〔美国〕道别。 Let me tell the good news to everybody. 让我把好消息告诉大家。 The old peasant told us of (about) his sufferings. 老农民给我们讲述他所受的苦。 I told him to go on. 我吩咐他继续说下去。 T- us how you fixed up the machine. 告诉我们你是怎样修好这架机器的。 His face told (that) he was satisfied with the speech. 他脸上显示出他对演讲感到满意。 It is very important that one should be able to tell the true friends from the false ones. 能辨别真假朋友是非常重要的。 I can tell you that it's not easy. 我敢断定地告诉你这事不易。 Let's tell the noses and call it a day. 咱们计算一下人数收工吧。 I can tell you. =I tell you. =Let me tell you. 的确,真的。 No, I tell you. 真的不可以。 I'll tell you what. 讲给你听,告诉给你,有话跟你讲。 Never tell me =Don't tell me. 不至于吧;不见得吧;我不信〔表示惊讶,不快或恐惧等〕。 You're telling me! 〔美俚〕这事不用你说,我全知道了。 vi. 1.讲,报告 (about; of); 〔口语〕搬弄是非,说坏话;〔儿语〕告发;〔英方〕嚼舌头 (on; of)。 2.奏效,产生效果;影响;命中,打中,击中。 3.证明;(颜色、声音等)显明,表明。 4.〔古语〕计数;数票,检票。 I told you so! =Did I not tell you so 我不是跟你讲过了吗? The story tells of the life of a famous poet. 这故事讲的是一个著名诗人的生平。 Tom is the man that tells on sb. whenever there's sth. wrong. 汤姆是个一出毛病就告发别人的家伙。 Smoking will tell on you when you're getting old. 你上年纪时就会感受到吸烟的影响了。 How can I tell 我怎么说得上来呢? Who (can) tell 谁知道? 谁也不知道。 You can never tell. 谁也不知道。 It is the man behind the gun that tells. 重要的不是枪而是开枪的人,胜败在人不在武器。 Every shot told. 百发百中。 The colour of the ink tells of the fraud. 墨水的颜色说明是作弊。 do tell 不见得吧,不至于吧。 tell a tale 讲故事;泄露内中原因。 tell against the motion 宣布提案(因只有少数票)不能成立。 tell all 〔美俚〕自白,说出秘密,说出真话。 tell apart 辨别,识别(tell things apart 辨明情况)。 tell away 念咒文驱除(病痛等)。 tell down 〔口语〕付(钱)。 tell it to sweeney [the marines] 〔美国〕没有那样的事。 tell noses 〔口语〕点人数。 tell off 数清;分派(工作);【罕】编号;谴责。 tell on [upon] 告密,告发;对…有效,影响到。 tell one's prayers 祈祷。 tell out 1. 数钱付账。 2.=tell away. tell over one's hoard 数积蓄的钱。 tell the tale 〔俚语〕编造假话;讲述可怜的遭遇博取同情。 tell the world 〔美国〕公开讲,扬言。 tell (so many) years 〔口语〕显出有(几)岁了〔一般指显老〕。 n. 〔方言〕话,传闻。 I've a tell for you. 我有一句话要跟你说。 according to their tell 〔美卑〕据说。
He tells stories very vividly and holds his audience spell-bound . 他讲故事讲得娓娓动听,引人入胜。
The children all sat quietly listening to the teacher telling stories . 孩子们都乖乖儿地坐着听老师讲故事。
Not all the films are made to tell stories or to be shown in theatres . 并非所有的电影都是故事片或用于影院上映的。
After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the camp fire . 吃完一顿又香又美的饭后,他们在篝火旁讲故事,唱歌。
Writers have delighted in telling stories of strange lands and strange peoples . 作家们都乐于讲述陌生的国度和陌生的民族的故事。
It seems he had had an old nurse who constantly told stories about paradise . 原来他有过一个老保姆,此人老是没完没了地给他大讲其天堂如何如何的故事。
They enjoy telling stories about men who began humbly as poor factory workers and later through their own hard work, became owners of the factories . 他们喜欢讲某人如何寒微,由工厂工人勤苦工作,而后来成为厂主的故事。
My mother often tells stories before we go to bed 我妈妈常在我们睡觉前讲故事。
The authors grandfather doesnt tell stories now 作者的祖父现在不跟他讲故事了