Word
tattle
/ˈtætl/
verb
闲谈；说闲话
核心释义
To chatter; to gossip.
- 1.
闲聊；说闲话。
To chatter; to gossip.
闲聊；说闲话。；闲谈；谈论；泄露秘密；泄露
用法In use
Whenever she visits, she tattles about the people in her office.
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.
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.
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。
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。
tattle to sb about sth
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。
相关词与表达Connections
易混词Confusing words
词族Word family
- tattler
- 爱说闲话的人；告密者 · n.
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