| 釋義 |
tell-talen.
1.one who tells about another’s private affairs; any-thing revealing or betraying a person’s thoughts,con-ducts,etc. 搬弄是非者；暴露人思想言行的閑話，飛短流長之言。
△2H. IV. 4. 1. 201 (199):“And therefore will he wipehis tables clean / And keep no tell-tale to his memo-ry”，所以他要把他的石板擦得干干凈凈，不在他的記憶中留下任何飛短流長之言。
2.(used as a.) telling the private concerns or mis-deeds of others,blabbing,tattling說別人閑話或壞話的，信口雌黃的，喋喋不休的。
△R. III.4. 4. 150: “Let not theheavens hear these tell-tale women / Rail on theLord’s anointed.”不要讓上天聽見這些信口雌黃的婆娘亂罵涂了圣油的真命皇上。 |