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telling 音标拼音: [t'ɛlɪŋ] a. 有效的,显著的,生动的 有效的,显着的,生动的 telling adj 1: disclosing unintentionally; " a telling smile"; " a telltale panel of lights"; " a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down" [ synonym: { revealing}, { telling}, { telltale( a)}] 2: powerfully persuasive; " a cogent argument"; " a telling presentation"; " a weighty argument" [ synonym: { cogent}, { telling}, { weighty}] 3: producing a strong effect; " gave an impressive performance as Othello"; " a telling gesture" [ synonym: { impressive}, { telling}] n 1: an act of narration; " he was the hero according to his own relation"; " his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable" [ synonym: { relation}, { telling}, { recounting}] 2: informing by words [ synonym: { telling}, { apprisal}, { notification}] 3: disclosing information or giving evidence about another [ synonym: { tattle}, { singing}, { telling}] 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. [ 1913 Webster] He telleth the number of the stars. -- Ps. cxlvii. 4. [ 1913 Webster] Tell the joints of the body. -- Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To utter or recite in detail; to give an account of; to narrate. [ 1913 Webster] Of which I shall tell all the array. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] And not a man appears to tell their fate. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To make known; to publish; to disclose; to divulge. [ 1913 Webster] Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? -- Gen. xii. 18. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To give instruction to; to make report to; to acquaint; to teach; to inform. [ 1913 Webster] A secret pilgrimage, That you to- day promised to tell me of? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To order; to request; to command. [ 1913 Webster] He told her not to be frightened. -- Dickens. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] 7. To make account of; to regard; to reckon; to value; to estimate. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] I ne told no dainity of her love. -- Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster] { To tell off}, to count; to divide. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To communicate; impart; reveal; disclose; inform; acquaint; report; repeat; rehearse; recite. [ 1913 Webster]
Telling \ Tell" ing\, a. Operating with great effect; effective; as, a telling speech. -- { Tell" ing* ly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] 219 Moby Thesaurus words for " telling": absolute, accounting, acid, adducible, admissible, agitating, announcement, armipotent, attestative, attestive, authentic, authoritative, based on, biting, breathtaking, celebrated, census, certain, charged, charismatic, charming, circumstantial, cliff- hanging, cogent, conclusive, consequential, considerable, conspicuous, conveyance, convincing, corrosive, counting, cumulative, cutting, dactylonomy, damning, decisive, determinative, disclosure, disquieting, distinguished, distracting, disturbing, documentary, documented, driving, dynamic, effective, effectual, efficacious, electric, eminent, enchanting, energetic, enumeration, esteemed, estimable, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, exceptional, exciting, exhilarating, extraordinary, eye- witness, factual, final, firsthand, foliation, forceful, forcible, founded on, galvanic, giving, grounded on, gutsy, heady, hearsay, heart- expanding, heart- stirring, heart- swelling, heart- thrilling, high- potency, high- powered, high- pressure, high- tension, impartation, imparting, impartment, imperative, implicit, important, impressive, in force, in power, incisive, incontrovertible, indicative, indisputable, inflammatory, influential, intoxicating, inventorying, irrefutable, irresistible, jarring, jolting, maddening, magnetic, marked, material, measurement, memorable, mighty, mighty in battle, mind- blowing, momentous, mordant, moving, narration, narrative, nervous, noble, notable, noteworthy, notification, numbering, numeration, nuncupative, of mark, operative, outstanding, overcoming, overmastering, overpowering, overwhelming, pagination, penetrating, personable, persuasive, perturbing, piercing, piquant, poignant, potent, powerful, prepotent, prestigious, presumptive, probative, prominent, provocative, provoking, publication, puissant, punchy, quantification, quantization, rare, ravishing, recital, recountal, recounting, rehearsal, relation, reliable, remarkable, rememberable, reputable, retelling, review, ruling, salient, satisfactory, satisfying, sensational, sharing, signal, significant, sinewed, sinewy, slashing, solid, soul- stirring, sound, special, spirit- stirring, stimulating, stimulative, stirring, striking, strong, suasive, substantial, suggestive, sure, suspenseful, suspensive, symptomatic, tale- telling, tallying, tantalizing, thrilling, thrilly, transfer, transference, transmission, transmittal, trenchant, troubling, unforgettable, unsettling, upsetting, valid, vigorous, vital, weighty, winning, yarn spinning
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