| 单词 | tattle |
| 释义 | tattle verb[I] USuk/ˈtæt.əl/us/ˈtæt̬.əl/tosecretlytellsomeone inauthority,especiallyateacher, that someoneelsehas done somethingbad, often inordertocausetrouble: （尤指向教师）告发他人Did you tattleonustotheteacher?你是不是向老师告我们状了？ Ways of talking
Examplesoftattletattle No one is safe from being tattled on. FromWired I think the worst use of the blind carbon copy is to rat out ortattleon a coworker. FromUSA TODAY When the son's manager finally had the courage totattleto the boss, he fired his own son. FromTIME There's an implicit rank-pulling or tattling involved when you add an acc; bringing in someone else is no way to e-behave. FromNPR While no one wants to feel like they're "tattling" on a friend, there are times when it's appropriate to bring in another party. FromHuffington Post Young children certainlytattle, but do they similarly manage reputations among peers through prosocial gossip? FromNPR She was such atattle-tale. FromSlate Magazine Theytattlewhen he opens the refrigerator. FromCNN Hey, allies: it's your responsibility totattle. FromThe Verge In this incident, there is a chain of tattling to authority figures. From theCambridge English Corpus She collected all the scandal, all the stories, all thetattle, all the suspicions. FromProject Gutenberg He thought he would get so far away that the dog could not go back to the village andtattle. FromProject Gutenberg They played about his feet; they chirped, hopped, and tattled; they peered side-ways at him and gave him jerky nods of greeting. FromProject Gutenberg I sat myself quietly in the corner to await the return of the parents, and listen to thetattleof the children. FromProject Gutenberg He did not wish to "tattle" on anybody, and, besides, not having a forward nature, he shrank from the exposure. FromProject Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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