tell

中文： 告诉、说、看出

1. To determine the number, amount, or value of [something]. (transitive) · All told, there were over a dozen. Can you tell time on a clock? He had untold wealth.
2. To notice, discern. (Roughly, "can tell" means "know" but with a sense of direct perception.) (intransitive, transitive) · I can tell that you're thrilled.· You can tell you've struck a nerve when even the crowd stops laughing.
3. To pick up on a difference. (See tell apart for more.) (intransitive, transitive) · An expert can tell an original from a forgery.· Can you tell whether those flowers are real or silk, from this distance? No, there's no way to tell.
4. To narrate, to recount. (transitive) · I want to tell a story; I want to tell you a story.
5. To convey by speech; to say. (transitive) · Finally, someone told him the truth. He seems to like to tell lies.
6. To instruct or inform. (transitive) · Please tell me how to do it.
7. To order; to direct, to say to someone. (transitive) · Tell him to go away.
8. To use (beads or similar objects) as an aid to prayer. (transitive)

复数 tell · He/she/it tells · 过去式 told · 过去分词 told · -ing形式 telling