单词 | tattle |
释义 | tattleWord family nountattlertattlingtattletattletaleadverbtattlingly Daily lifetat·tle /ˈtætl/ verb [intransitiveI] 1. old-fashionedRUMOUR/RUMOR to talk about other people’s private lives 说闲话;谈论他人隐私 SYN gossip 2 DTELL A SECRET especially American EnglishAmE if a child tattles, they tell a parent or teacher that another child has done something bad 〔小孩〕打小报告 tattle on → tittle-tattle Robert is always tattling on me for things I didn’t do. 罗伯特总是乱打我的小报告。 —tattle noun [uncountableU] —tattler noun [countableC] Examples from the Corpus tattle• She had only the power to tattle on us, and really not even that.• The chamber also said companies fear retribution from regulators they tattle on. tattle on• Robert is always tattling on me for things I didn't do. (1400-1500) Middle Dutch tatelen |
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