told

FREQ #176

tell的过去式和过去分词

发音

UK /təʊld/
UK /ˈtʰɔʊ(ɫ)d/
UK /ˈtʰɒʊ(ɫ)d/
其它 /tɛlt/
其它 /tɛld/
US /toʊld/
AU /tɐʉld/
NZ /tɐʉld/
AU /tʰɒʊ(ɫ)d/
NZ /tʰɒʊ(ɫ)d/

别名

telled tolde tould telt tol'

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    simple past and past participle of tell

    A tale is but half told, if only one person tells it.

相关短语

tell of 讲述 all told 合计 [经] 全部容量 truth be told 老实说；说实话；真相大白 told someone where to shove it told on told off told you so told tales told tales out of school told it like it is told noses told against told apart told of told it to the hand

词源

From Middle English tolde, talde (first and third person singular preterite), from Old English tealde (first and third person singular preterite), from Proto-Germanic *talid-, preterite stem of Proto-Germanic *taljaną (“to count; tell”), equivalent to tell + -ed.

来源：wiktionary