tattle
- vi. <非正式>闲谈，闲聊；告状，打小报告（常与 on 连用，尤指儿童向大人告发别人）；泄露秘密，告密
- n. <非正式>闲谈，流言蜚语
[ 第三人称单数 tattles 现在分词 tattling 过去式 tattled 过去分词 tattled ]
网络释义英英释义
Tittle-tattle 嚼舌头 ; 闲聊 ; 杂谈
Tattle Tales 幕后传奇
tattle telling 对于小孩打小报告
Tattle and prate 流言蜚语
coffee tittle-tattle 啡言啡语
tattle e 闲谈 ; 无聊话
tattle [ 'tætl ]
- n. disclosing information or giving evidence about another
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speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
同义词： chatter piffle palaver prate tittle-tattle twaddle clack maunder prattle blab gibber blabber gabble
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divulge confidential information or secrets
同义词： spill the beans let the cat out of the bag talk blab peach babble sing babble out blab out
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speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
tattle /ˈtætəl/ ( tattling, tattled, tattles )
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V-I If you tattle on someone, you give information about them to a person in authority, especially if they have done something wrong. This word is used by and about children 告状; 儿童使用或关于儿童的词
例：...instruct our children not to tattle on one another.
...教导我们的孩子不要互相打对方的小报告。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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A brutally competitive newspaper market encourages screaming headlines and intrusive tittle-tattle.
残酷竞争的报业市场助长了大量耸人听闻的头条和窥探他人隐私的花边新闻。
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In lesser hands Ms Nasar's story might have degenerated into a series of pen portraits: tittle-tattle for the middlebrow.
要是写书的人水平差一点，纳萨尔女士的故事可能会退化为一系列人物特写：普通人闲聊的谈资。
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Did you hear his frenzied tattle?
你听见这疯狂的闲谈了吗？
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