telltale
英 [ˈtelteɪl] 美 [ˈtɛlˌtel]

adj.

搬弄是非的；（机械装置）起监督作用的；泄露秘密的；能说明问题的

n.

搬弄是非者；指示器；舵角指示器；警告悬条标（铁路用标志，表示前有旱桥等）

变形

复数：telltales

英英释义

telltale[ 'telteil ]

• n.someone who gossips indiscreetly

  同义词：tattletaletattlertaletellertalebearerblabbermouth

• adj.disclosing unintentionally

  "a telltale panel of lights"; "a telltale patch of oil on the water marked where the boat went down"

  同义词：revealingtelling

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. The telltale smell of cigarettes told her that he had been in the room.
   那股明显的香烟味告诉她，他曾在这房间里呆过。
2. I could see from the telltale look in her eyes that she loved him.
   我从她那无法掩饰的眼神里可以看出她爱他。

用作名词(n.)

1. The teacher did not notice that I was cheating until that rotten telltale told her.
   在那个该死的告密者告诉老师之前，老师并没有注意到我作弊。
2. There are a number of telltale signs that an application is leaking memory.
   很多迹象能够表明应用程序正在发生内存泄漏。

权威例句

Telltale
Telltale wind indicator for Mars Phoenix lander
The telltale structures of epoxide hydrolases.
The telltale scan: APOE epsilon4 in multiple sclerosis.
The telltale voice: Nonverbal messages of verbal communication.
Towards a telltale watermarking technique for tamper-proofing
Telltale Hearts: The Origins and Impact of the Vietnam Antiwar Movement (Book)
TELLTALE: Experiments in a dynamic hypertext environment for degraded and multilingual data
Digital watermarking for telltale tamper proofing and authentication
Semi-blind image restoration based on telltale watermarking