英:[ˈtætl]
美:[ˈtætl]
英:[ˈtætl]
美:[ˈtætl]
tat·tle
tae tl
第三人称单数:tattles
现在分词:tattling
过去式:tattled
过去分词:tattled
tattlingly (adv.)
词根:tattle
n.tattler 说闲话的人;搬弄是非的人
Noun
1. disclosing information or giving evidence about another
Verb
1. speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
2. divulge confidential information or secrets;
"Be careful--his secretary talks"
15世纪晚期,“口吃,唠叨”,出现在卡克斯顿的《狐狸雷纳德》翻译中,可能来自中古弗拉芒语 tatelen “口吃”,与中古荷兰语、中古低地德语、东弗里西亚语 tateren “喋喋不休,闲聊”,可能源于模拟语音。 “说闲话或泄露秘密”的意思首次记录于1580年代。意义受 tittle 的影响。相关: Tattled; tattling。名词从1520年代开始。 Tattler,由阿迪森和斯蒂尔(1709-1711)创办的著名期刊的名称,意思是“闲话家,爱说闲话的人”。
Verb Middle Dutch tatelen; akin to Middle English tateren to tattle
The first known use of tattle was circa 1529
tauntverb
to provoke or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at
taught
taunoun
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet—Τ or τ
tattoo1 of 3noun
a call sounded shortly before taps as notice to go to quarters
a rapid rhythmic rapping
tattoo2 of 3verb
to mark or color the skin with a tattoo
tattoo3 of 3noun
a mark or figure fixed upon the body by using a needle to put color under the skin
tattoo1 of 3noun
a call sounded shortly before taps as notice to go to quarters
a rapid rhythmic rapping
tattoo2 of 3verb
to mark or color the skin with a tattoo
tattoo3 of 3noun
a mark or figure fixed upon the body by using a needle to put color under the skin
tattoo1 of 3noun
a call sounded shortly before taps as notice to go to quarters
a rapid rhythmic rapping
tattoo2 of 3verb
to mark or color the skin with a tattoo
tattoo3 of 3noun
a mark or figure fixed upon the body by using a needle to put color under the skin
tattletalenoun
a person who tattles
tattlernoun
tattletale
tattle1 of 2verb
to tell secrets : blab
tattle2 of 2noun
idle talk : chatter
gossip sense 2a
1 Let this be a lesson to all future tattle-tales: Use your words when explaining the drama dujour, if not for the lead's sake, for your own.
2 And he had to roll the dice that I would not bother him, that I wouldn’t be #MetroMonica, tattling on him to the police.
3 I raise my children to be honest, but not to be tattle tales!
我希望我的孩子成为诚实的人, 而不是爱打小报告的人.
4 The babe shall now begin to tattle and call hir Mamma.
5 British showbiz writers searched for tittle-tattle on Robbie Williams' love life and speculated endlessly about the demise of the hit girl band the Spice Girls (news - web sites).
英国的娱乐作家在找寻有关罗宾·威廉斯的爱情生活的无聊传闻,而且无休止推测热门女子乐队辣妹何时解散。
6 The women tattled about the latest fashions [ over the day's news ] .
那些女人 闲谈 着最新的流行款式.
7 those neighborhood busybodies, constantly tattling and whispering over their backyard fences
8 This is the only way to tattle to the lead: The accusation is specific and limited in scope, the offense just happened, and there are presumably witnesses to the bad behavior.
9 Ignoring them or angrily walking away is making the tattling worse.
10 “You see, they want me to tattle on a friend of mine. Someone I got to know really well. After you left” “Tattle? Don’t tell me this is all about some ugly-trick.”
11 Today’s blowhard bloggers and their tattle texts?
12 Our family took a dim view of snitching and tattling.
13 The boys told Dallas and Florida that if they tattled, their tongues would be chopped up into tiny bits.
14 In “American Dreams,” Julia Alvarez recalls a childhood candy store and its “tinkling bell that tattled I was coming in the door.”
15 Without a healthy dose of historical linguistics, Freeman said, English studies would fill up with distasteful tittle-tattle.
16 If he tattled, he knew he would be tortured almost to death by the one he reported.
17 Wasn’t silly, wasn’t always twiddling her plaits, didn’t tattle or gossip, didn’t hit boys over the head with books or scrape the back of your neck with a sweetgum burr when you weren’t looking.
18 In terms of your temptation to tattle, “Charles bugs me by asking too many work-related questions” might backfire.
19 The Rice of Mallon’s imaginings is obsessed with pleasing Bush and prone to “tattle” to the president about her fellow Cabinet members.
20 Now it was time to tattle to their mothers.
1 空谈
Platonic gassy gas jazz froth burble palaver prate gab flatuous academic closet flatulent prittle-prattle ya-ta-ta wind smoke speculation metaphysics flatulence jangle prattle tootle windiness blither flatulency talk chin music
2 闲谈
chitchat chinwag schmoos prittle-prattle by-talk visit chat crack rap chin gossip fable gassing ana gup claver coze causerie gossipry confab conflab dish fan gab chit-chat tittle-tattle chin-wag confabulatory meandrous jaw schmooze palaver confabulation chin-wagging talk prattle confabulate make conversation yarn mag goss kaffeeklatsch bavardage gas small talk old talk shoot the breeze comment conversation chatter clatter cackle fiddle-faddle converse jangle chaffer yap make talk spin street yarn chew the rag dirt ramble natter yatter tittle yabber pipefest stovepipe chin music
3 饶舌
talking talkative talky garrulous gabby long-tongued bigmouthed loose-tongued garrulously rap gab gabble loquacity garrulity windiness wag have a loose tongue jaw cackle chatter newsiness patter clack prittle-prattle talk yabber
4 蜚短流长
5 喋喋不休
babbling gabby long-tongued garrulously rattle jabber blatter yackety-yak chatter yak cackle yap gab blather gabble natter prate talk head off go nineteen to the dozen run nineteen to the dozen wag nineteen to the dozen wag jaws wag jaw wag tongue speak forty to the dozen speak nineteen to the dozen speak twenty to the dozen talk forty to the dozen talk nineteen to the dozen talk twenty to the dozen
6 闲聊
gab chinwag yatata flapjaw clishmaclaver rag-chewing gum-beating jaw rap gossip quack gassing natter tittle-tattle causerie chin-wag gossipry yatter prattle tell hen chaffer chin-chin chew flap about flap chops shoot the breeze shoot the bull cut up touches make conversation confab meander ramble twitter gas kibitz small talk bull session
7 泄露秘密
telltale talk give the game away put it on the street kiss and tell let the cat out transpiration
8 杂谈
9 空话
talk wind mouth moonshine hokum verbalism joke phrase babble cackle humbug bosh buncombe bushwa flubdub bushwah hotair
13 打小报告
14 闲话
16 搬弄是非
17 饶舌的