telling

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of narration. countable,uncountable
  2. The disclosure of information. countable,uncountable
    — There may he sit and smile, or creep among the ships, or moan and sigh round islands in his great content—the miser lord of wealth in gems and pearls beyond the telling of all fables.
  3. Counting, numbering. archaic,countable,uncountable
  4. Ability to determine. countable,uncountable
    — "One white man." said Bill, after a brief inspection. "Out on his line, I s'pose, and there's no tellin' when he'll be back. So we won't wait. We'll just serve notice on him."
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of tell form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Having force, or having a marked effect; weighty, effective.
    — a telling blow
  2. Revealing information; bearing significance.
    — a telling smile
  3. Serving to convince.
    — telling evidence

词形变化

more telling comparative most telling superlative tellings plural

词汇关系

衍生词
untelling tellingly tellingness ain't no telling fortune-telling life-telling storytelling taletelling telling bone telling-to there is no telling truth-telling

词源

Gerund from the verb tell, from tell + -ing.
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