tattle about sb/sth
about 后接被议论的人或事，通常带贬义，指背后说长道短。
The old men sat by the gate and tattled about their neighbours all afternoon.
那些老人坐在大门口，整个下午都在议论他们的邻居。
闲聊；说闲话。；谈论；泄露秘密；泄露
闲聊；说闲话。
To chatter; to gossip.
一般现在时
She tattles on her brother every day.
她每天都告她弟弟的状。
一般过去时
He tattled to the teacher about the prank.
他向老师告了恶作剧的状。
现在进行时
They are tattling about the secret.
他们正在饶舌谈论那个秘密。
规则动词
Whenever she visits, she tattles about the people in her office.
她每次来，都会闲谈办公室里的人。
用法提示：tattles 是 tattle 的第三人称单数形式，表示闲聊、谈论。
We tattled for hours over coffee and never noticed the time.
我们一边喝咖啡一边闲谈了好几个小时，完全没有注意到时间。
用法提示：tattled 是 tattle 的过去式，指闲聊、聊天。
They were tattling in the kitchen while dinner cooked.
晚饭做着的时候，他们正在厨房里闲聊。
用法提示：tattling 是现在分词，与 were 构成过去进行时，表示当时正在闲谈。
about 后接被议论的人或事，通常带贬义，指背后说长道短。
The old men sat by the gate and tattled about their neighbours all afternoon.
那些老人坐在大门口，整个下午都在议论他们的邻居。
to 引出听闲话的人，about 引出闲话的内容，两个介词常一起出现。
She tattled to her cousin about the quarrel in the office.
她把办公室里的那场争吵讲给表姐听。
grammar · medium
易错句子她喜欢跟邻居好好闲聊一番。
正确表达She likes to tattle with her neighbors.
tattle 只作动词，不能像汉语“闲聊”那样当名词用，所以不能说“have a tattle”，要用动词不定式 to tattle。
grammar · medium
易错句子Last night they tattle for hours.
正确表达Last night they tattled for hours.
汉语没有时态变化，但英语表示过去发生的事要用过去式；tattle 的规则过去式是 tattled，不能保留原形。
grammar · medium
易错句子The two old friends were tatteling all afternoon.
正确表达The two old friends were tattling all afternoon.
tattle 以“元音+辅音字母+le”结尾，加 -ing 时要双写 t 并去掉 e，变成 tattling，不能写成 tatteling。
tattle 指随口闲聊、絮叨，多用于熟人之间无甚恶意的闲话；gossip 更强调议论他人私生活、传播未经证实的消息，语气更明确指向“八卦”。
chatter 强调连续快速、常无实质内容的说话声，也可指鸟兽叫声；tattle 侧重与人闲聊、说闲话这一行为，更口语、略带贬义。
prattle 贬义更重，指像小孩一样讲无意义的琐事，且与 tattle 押韵易混；tattle 的贬义较轻，重点在闲聊、传闲话。
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