tell time

短语

报时

词形变化

telling time tells time 三单 tells time told time telling time 现在分词 told time 过去式 told time 过去分词

别名

tell the time

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To measure time, to determine the current time.

    Ancient civilizations told time at night by the passage of stars.

  2. 2.

    To read the time as displayed on an analog clock.

    He couldn't tell time until he was in his teens.

词源

From tell in the sense of “count”.

来源：wiktionary