told 音標拼音: [t'old]
vbl .
tell 的過去式和過去分詞
tell 的過去式和過去分詞
Tell \
Tell \ (
t [
e ^]
l ),
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Told } (
t [=
o ]
ld );
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Telling }.] [
AS .
tellan ,
from talu tale ,
number ,
speech ;
akin to D .
tellen to count ,
G .
z [
aum ]
hlen ,
OHG .
zellen to count ,
tell ,
say ,
Icel .
telja ,
Dan .
tale to speak ,
t [
ae ]
lle to count .
See {
Tale }
that which is told .]
1 .
To mention one by one ,
or piece by piece ;
to recount ;
to enumerate ;
to reckon ;
to number ;
to count ;
as ,
to tell money . "
An heap of coin he told ." --
Spenser .
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He telleth the number of the stars . --
Ps .
cxlvii .
4 .
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Tell the joints of the body . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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2 .
To utter or recite in detail ;
to give an account of ;
to narrate .
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Of which I shall tell all the array . --
Chaucer .
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And not a man appears to tell their fate . --
Pope .
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3 .
To make known ;
to publish ;
to disclose ;
to divulge .
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Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife ?
--
Gen .
xii .
18 .
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4 .
To give instruction to ;
to make report to ;
to acquaint ;
to teach ;
to inform .
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A secret pilgrimage ,
That you to -
day promised to tell me of ? --
Shak .
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5 .
To order ;
to request ;
to command .
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He told her not to be frightened . --
Dickens .
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6 .
To discern so as to report ;
to ascertain by observing ;
to find out ;
to discover ;
as ,
I can not tell where one color ends and the other begins .
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7 .
To make account of ;
to regard ;
to reckon ;
to value ;
to estimate . [
Obs .]
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I ne told no dainity of her love . --
Chaucer .
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Note :
Tell ,
though equivalent in some respect to speak and say ,
has not always the same application .
We say ,
to tell truth or falsehood ,
to tell a number ,
to tell the reasons ,
to tell something or nothing ;
but we never say ,
to tell a speech ,
discourse ,
or oration ,
or to tell an argument or a lesson .
It is much used in commands ;
as ,
tell me the whole story ;
tell me all you know .
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{
To tell off },
to count ;
to divide . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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Syn :
To communicate ;
impart ;
reveal ;
disclose ;
inform ;
acquaint ;
report ;
repeat ;
rehearse ;
recite .
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Told \
Told \ (
t [=
o ]
ld ),
imp . &
p .
p .
of {
Tell }.
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