【tell音标】 英[tel] 美[tel]
【单词释义】 tell是什么意思：
vt.告诉，说；告知；辨别；吩咐；讲述
vt.&vi.分辨，辨别；告诉，吩咐；泄漏；保证
vi.泄密，告发；（颜色、声音等）显示；识别
n.[考古学]（古代村落遗址堆积而成的）台形土墩；[方言]讲的话；谈话；传闻
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] tells [第三人称单数] tells
[单词现在分词] telling
[单词过去式] told
[单词过去分词] told
【tell形近词/近似词】
bell n.钟，铃；钟声，铃声；钟状物
quell vt.压制，镇压；减轻；消除；使镇定
cell n.细胞；单间牢房
fell n.小山，丘陵 vt.砍倒，打倒；砍伐 adj.残忍的，残暴的
hell n.地狱，阴间；苦境 vi.过放荡生活
pell n.一卷羊皮纸；佩尔（人名）
yell v.叫喊，大声叫；吼叫 n.叫喊，大声叫；叫嚷
sell v.卖，售；出售；售卖 n.销售；欺骗
well adv.好；令人满意地；完全地 adj.健康的 v.涌出；流出；溢出
【常用短语】
tell apart 区分;分辨
【单词例句】
◇ And Little Red Cap thought, "As long as I live, I will never leave the path and run off into the woods by myself if mother tells me not to."
而小红帽却在想：“要是妈妈不允许，我一辈子也不独自离开大路，跑进森林了。”
---- Little Red Cap
◇ "Some one is dying," thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only one who had ever loved her, and who was now dead, had told her that when a star falls, a soul was going up to God.
“一定有人要死了。”小姑娘想。因为她的老祖母——一个已故去的唯一疼爱她的人，曾经告诉过她，一旦天上落下一颗星，就有一个灵魂回到上帝那里去了。
◇ As she looked in the glass, she asked: "Tell me, glass upon the wall, who is most beautiful of all?"
当她照镜子的时候，她问:“告诉我，墙上的魔镜，谁是世界上最漂亮的人?”
---- Snow White
◇ "Darling Marguerite daisy,"he said to her, "you are the wisest woman of all the flowers. Pray tell me which of the flowers I shall choose for my wife. Which will be my bride? When I know, I will fly directly to her, and propose."
“亲爱的玛加丽特雏菊！”他说，“你是一切花中最聪明的女人。你会作出预言！我请求你告诉我，我应该娶这一位呢，还是娶那一位？我到底会得到哪一位呢？如果我知道的话，就可以直接向她飞去，向她求婚。”
---- The Butterfly
◇ Indeed, he had twelve coffins made. They were filled with wood shavings and each was fitted with a coffin pillow. He had them put in a locked room, and gave the key to the queen, ordering her to tell no one about them.
国王不只是说说而已，他甚至让人做了十二副棺材，在棺材里装满刨花，还在里面放上一个小寿枕。他让人把棺材全部锁进一个密室，把秘室的钥匙交给王后，不许她告诉任何人。
---- The Twelve Brothers
◇ "Ah, my dear father, I will tell you all about it. Yesterday when I was playing with my golden ball by the fountain in the forest, it rolled into the water, and because I cried, the frog fetched it for me, and I promised him that he could come to the castle and be my companion.
“哦，亲爱的爸爸，我会告诉您一切。昨天我在森林里的喷水池旁玩金球时，它滚到水里面去了。因为我哭了，所以那只青蛙就帮我把球找回来，而我答应它可以到城堡来做我的朋友。
---- The Frog Prince
◇ Legends also told that from time to time princes came, wanting to force their way through the hedge into the castle.
从那以后，有不少王子来探险，他们披荆斩棘想穿过树篱到王宫里去。
---- Little Brier-Rose
◇ He suddenly dashed to hug me and kissed me on both cheeks. As a young girl, I felt truly embarrassed and put up my hands to defend myself. His false smile told me that he had lost face.
他突然猛冲过来拥抱我，还亲了我的脸颊。还是个年轻姑娘的我感到真尴尬，不由自主举起手来保护自己。他的假笑告诉我他感到丢了面子。
---- A Misunderstanding
◇ "Oh, it is excellent!" replied the old minister, looking at the loom through his spectacles. "This pattern, and the colors, yes, I will tell the Emperor without delay, how very beautiful I think them."
“啊，美极了！真是美妙极了！”老大臣说。他戴着眼镜仔细地看。“多么美的花纹！多么美的色彩！是的，我将要呈报皇上说我对于这布感到非常满意。”
◇ In order not to let Yong Hui get away with telling lies, Wang Peng spied on Yong Hui despite her glare. But he was surprised that she was losing her customers, too.
为了不让永慧说了谎不受惩罚，王鹏不顾她的怒视，前去探查个究竟。但是让他惊奇的是，永慧的顾客也在严重地流失。
---- Balanced Diet